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Frederick Lewis Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, born at Birkhill, 27th June 1874. Registered in Balmerino, baptized in St. James' Church, Cupar, on 9th August 1874. Went out to Alberta, Canada, in October 1891, and, having returned home in 1895, went out again to Buenos Aires.
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The Scrymgeour-Wedderburn family holds the title of Earl of Dundee.
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"Home from the War. - Mr F. Wedderburn, second son of Mr H. S. Wedderburn of Birkhill, arrived in Cupar yesterday morning. Mr Wedderburn joined the Volunteer Corps raised by Mr Somervill at Buenos Ayres for service in South Africa. On 15th February last he was captured by the Boers at Waterval Drift. Owing to an attack of pneumonia, he was not taken to Pretoria, but was left at Jagersfontein Hospital, where he was relieved by General Clements on 27th March. He was invalided home, and, prior to entraining for Cupar, he spent some time in Netley Hospital."

Dundee Courier, Friday 22nd June 1900


SCRYMGEOUR-WEDDERBURN. - On May 22, 1936, at Balhousie-by-Leven, Fife, FREDERICK LEWIS SCRYMGEOUR -WEDDERBURN , second son of the late Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, of Wedderburn and Birkhill. Funeral private. No flowers, by request.

The Times, Monday 25th May 1936

Balhousie Farm, Largo - was this his residence at the time of his death?
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Berenice
Palmer shows one "3563 Tpr. F. Wedderburn" of Kitchener's Horse as PoW at Waterval Drift on 15/2/1900.
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Trooper Wedderburn appears to have had a short and rather unfortunate time in South Africa, WO127 confirms his name as Frederick Lewis S Wedderburn and that he joined Kitchener's Horse on the 10th of February 1900 and was discharged on the 19th of the following month, although, WO100/256 gives the date of the 17th of May, as well as confirming his medal and clasps, so perhaps a look through WO126/83-88 might yield his original paper and more information.

BereniceUK wrote: Frederick Lewis Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, born at Birkhill, 27th June 1874. Registered in Balmerino, baptized in St. James' Church, Cupar, on 9th August 1874. Went out to Alberta, Canada, in October 1891, and, having returned home in 1895, went out again to Buenos Aires.
digital.nls.uk/histories-of-scottish-fam...5?mode=transcription

The Scrymgeour-Wedderburn family holds the title of Earl of Dundee.
www.rampantscotland.com/castles/blcastles_birkhill.htm


"Home from the War. - Mr F. Wedderburn, second son of Mr H. S. Wedderburn of Birkhill, arrived in Cupar yesterday morning. Mr Wedderburn joined the Volunteer Corps raised by Mr Somervill at Buenos Ayres for service in South Africa. On 15th February last he was captured by the Boers at Waterval Drift. Owing to an attack of pneumonia, he was not taken to Pretoria, but was left at Jagersfontein Hospital, where he was relieved by General Clements on 27th March. He was invalided home, and, prior to entraining for Cupar, he spent some time in Netley Hospital."

Dundee Courier, Friday 22nd June 1900

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SCRYMGEOUR-WEDDERBURN. - On May 22, 1936, at Balhousie-by-Leven, Fife, FREDERICK LEWIS SCRYMGEOUR -WEDDERBURN , second son of the late Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, of Wedderburn and Birkhill. Funeral private. No flowers, by request.

The Times, Monday 25th May 1936

Balhousie Farm, Largo - was this his residence at the time of his death?
www.visitscotland.com/info/accommodation/balhousie-farm-p214101

Thank you, Ian and Frank. I had a look online, but couldn't find any other references to volunteers from Buenos Aires. Frederick was buried at Largo Cemetery, not far from the Fife coast.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/166030585/fr...crymgeour-wedderburn

www.scotclans.com/scottish-clans/clan-we.../wedderburn-history/

Well, I would think he may have simply got together with a handful of like minded men and simply got on the boat, whilst they may have referred to themselves as a "Corps" or simply been referred to by their organiser as that, but, you could not join the SAMIF in South America, his particular regiment, was, for official purpose, raised in South Africa , in Cape Town upon the 20th of January 1900 and disbanded there on New Years Eve 1901, it's founder members, famously took part in the relief of Kimberley.

BereniceUK wrote: Thank you, Ian and Frank. I had a look online, but couldn't find any other references to volunteers from Buenos Aires. Frederick was buried at Largo Cemetery, not far from the Fife coast.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/166030585/fr...crymgeour-wedderburn

www.scotclans.com/scottish-clans/clan-we.../wedderburn-history/

In haste, both these names rang bells. Scrymgeour-Wedderburn is in the Muster Roll of Angus if I remember rightly and Henry Somervell did indeed gather together a group in Buenos Aires to go and fight in South Africa. There is a photo of him in one of the illustrated weeklies, perhaps Black and White Budget.

A cursory internet search came up with this, which has more on the story: books.google.be/books?id=vWVFBTDVoEAC&pg...enos%20Aires&f=false

Justin