| Stubbs | Arthur Kennedy | | Captain | He was killed in action at Rensburg, February 12th, 1900. He was the eldest son of Major General F W Stubbs, Royal Artillery, of 2 Clarence Terrace, St Luke's, Cork. Major Stubbs was born in December 1867, at Meerut, and educated at Mr Tottenham's School at St Leonards, and afterwards at the Oxford Military College, whence he passed into Sandhurst. He entered the Worcestershire Regiment in March 1889, being promoted Lieutenant December 1890, Captain May 1899, and brevet Major on July 1st of the same year. He served in the operations in the Niger Territories in 1898, including the Benin Hinterland and Siama Expedition (wounded), being mentioned in despatches, and receiving the brevet of Major and the medal with clasp. Major Stubbs accompanied the 2nd battalion of his regiment to South Africa in December 1899, and on arrival was then sent with it to the North of Cape Colony. At Rensburg the key of the position was a group of three kopjes held by three companies of the Worcestershire Regiment, and here the Boers made a fierce attack "in the cold misty light of dawn" on February 12th and got possession of some sangars. They could not, however, advance any further owing to the accurate fire of the Worcesters, and a desperate fight then ensued. The right kopje, with a front of about three quarters of a mile, was held by Major Stubbs and his company, and he was killed while leading and cheering his men on in a forward rush to drive the Boers out of the north-east edge of this kopje. Lieutenant Colonel Coningham, who had come up to the point of danger in the first alarm, was killed close to Major Stubbs. Captain Thomas, who had been sent with his company as a reinforcement, was also severely wounded, and died eight days afterwards. The action lasted the whole day and with darkness the Boers retreated. A cairn was erected over the graves of Lieutenant Colonel Coningham, Major Stubbs, and those of the Worcesters who fell in this action. (See Lieutenant Colonel Coningham)
Source: Donner | Worcestershire Regiment |
