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AldworthR HSource: QSA and KSA medal rollsNew Zealand, 2nd Contingent
AldworthWLieutenant ColonelCommanding 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
AldworthWLieutenant Colonel2nd Battalion
Demise: Killed in action 18 Feb 1900
Place: Paardeberg
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
AldworthW2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls
(Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment
AldworthWLieutenant ColonelMID LG: 8 February 1901, page: 849. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 31 March 1900. Re: Orange Free State
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
AldworthWilliamCaptainHe was born at Harmony Lodge, Carrigtwohill, co Cork, on 3 October 1855, eldest surviving son of Colonel Robert Aldworth, North Cork Rifles, JP co Cork, formerly Captain, 94th Regiment, and Olivia Catherine, daxjghter of the Reverend James Morion, Rector, Newmarket, co Cork.  He was educated at Rossall and Clifton.  His first commission was antedated 13 June, 1874.  He joined the 16th Regiment 20 July 1876; was Adjutant, Bedfordshire Regiment 1877—81; became Captain 30 March, 1881; was ADC to Lieutenant General Sir H Prendergast, VC, KCB, in Madras and in the Burma Expedition, 1885-7, and was mentioned in Despatches.  He was ADC to the General Officer Commanding in Burma, and was mentioned again in Despatches by Major General L B Gordon: The Burma Campaign, from London Gazette, 3 December 1887: "Captain William Aldworth, 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment, formerly my acting ADC, deserves special notice for the dashing manner in which he relieved Thabyabin.  He started at a two-hours' notice, and rode 55 miles through a very disturbed country to Taindak, where he took command of the small body of men who relieved the beleaguered garrison".  Captain Aldworth received the Medal and clasp, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 26 November 1886]: "William Aldworth, Captain, Bedfordshire Regiment For operations in Burma".  He passed in French, German, Hindu and Urdu, and qualified in 1889 as interpreter in Russian.  In 1894 he passed the Staff College.  He served in the Isazai Expedition, 1895 (clasp); with the Chitral Relief Force; was present at the storming of the Malakand, and at the action near Khar (Medal, clasp for Relief of Chitral); officiated as AAG, Pindi, 1st Sept to 30 November 1895; was DAAG, 2nd Brigade, Tirah Field Force, 5 October 1897 to 6 April, 1898; promoted Major February 1898; was present at the action at the Sampagha Pass and at the action of the Arlianga Pass (Despatches).  He took part in the operations against the Khani Khel Charnkanis, and in the operations in the Bazar Valley (Despatches, Brevet of Lieutenant Colonel).  He was DAAG, 2nd Brigade, Kyber Force, 7 April to 11 June, 1898.  Lieutenant Colonel Aldworth was specially selected to command the 2nd Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in September 1898, and took them to South Africa in 1899.  He was killed in action 18 February 1900, when leading a forlorn hope at Paardeberg.  Lieutenant W H Fife, 2nd Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (who was himself killed soon afterwards by a spent bullet), wrote of Lieutenant Colonel Aldworth: "I can only say that he was the most gallant soldier I shall ever see, or wish to see, and it was owing to his splendid example that we advanced so steadily when others refused to budge.  I would willingly have been killed instead of him, as I could have easily been replaced, and he cannot.  I can only add that those who saw the advance said it was magnificent, and, though it has been called the Cornwalls' and the Canadians' charge, it was the Cornwalls' charge only, and Colonel Aldworth's charge in particular.  His loss is quite irretrievable.  He was hit in the forehead just as he had said: 'Come on, Dukes! Come on, Cornwalls!'  He fell, but, raising himself on his elbow, added: 'Go on men, and finish it!'"  In a long list of recommendations in 1901, Lord Roberts added Lieutenant Colonel Aldworth, DSO, Commanding the 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, as one whom he would specially have selected for reward, and he wrote in a private letter to Miss Aldworth, dated 17 March, 1901: "When I submitted to Her Majesty's Government a list of names of officers who had rendered ' conspicuously valuable services' before their death, I felt that the list would be incomplete unless it included that of your brother, Lieutenant Colonel Aldworth.  At Paardeberg he led his men under a withering fire with a courage and devotion which elicited admiration of all who witnessed it, and he died with his face to the foe, like a gallant Irish gentleman... ".  A writer in an Indian paper said: "Lieutenant Colonel Aldworth, DSO, was one of the finest horsemen and most successful jockeys that India has ever seen.  He could train a horse as well as ride one".  In May 1877, he and a brother officer walked from Hyde Park Corner to Portsmouth, 76 miles, and several miles more by mistake— started at 6 p.m and arrived between 7 and 8 pm (25 hours).  They did the 50th mile at 5 miles an hour.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book)
Bedfordshire Regiment
AldworthWilliamLieutenant ColonelHe was killed in action, near Paardeberg, February 18th, 1900.  He was the eldest surviving son of Colonel Robert Aldworth, of County Cork, and Claremont, Dorking (formerly of the 94th Foot and North Cork Rifles), was born October 1855, and educated at Rossall and Clifton.  Lieutenant Colonel Aldworth entered the 16th Foot June 1874, being promoted Captain March 1881, Major February 1893, BrevetLieutenant Colonel May 1898, and Lieutenant Colonel to command the 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in the following October. He was adjutant of the 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment from October 1877 to March 1881, and held an interpreter's certificate in Russian.  Lieutenant Colonel Aldworth was an enthusiastic sportsman, and a first-rate rider.  He served with the Burmese Expedition 1885-86 as ADC and Acting Military Secretary to Sir Harry Prendergast, was mentioned in despatches, and received the DSO and medal with clasp.  He was also ADC in Madras 1886-87, and served with the Isazai Expedition 1892, and with the Chitral Relief Force, under Sir Robert Low, 1895, with the 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment; including the storming of the Malakand Pass, and the engagement near Kahr, receiving the medal with clasp.  He also took part in the campaign on the North-West Frontier of India, under Sir William Lockhart, 1897-98, with the Tirah Expeditionary Force, as DAAG 2nd Brigade, and with the Khyber Force, as DAAG 1898, was present at the forcing of the Sampagha and Arhanga Passes, in the operations against the Chamkanis in the Bazaar Valley; being mentioned in despatches, and granted the brevet of Lieutenant Colonel and two clasps.  Lieutenant Colonel Aldworth fell near Paardeberg, while leading his battalion and calling to them "we will make the name of the Cornwalls ring in the ears of the world, boys", was struck down, but raising himself on his elbow he continued to urge his men forward, his last words being "go on men and finish it".  He is buried close to where he fell.  Major General Smith-Dorrien reported "he deeply deplored the loss of this gallant and distinguished officer".  Lieutenant Colonel Aldworth was mentioned in despatches by Field Marshall Earl Roberts, LG, February 8th, 1901, as having "rendered conspicuously valuable services". A memorial was erected in Cork Cathedral to the memory of Lieutenant Colonel Aldworth.
Source: Donner
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
AldyH1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls
Essex Regiment
AleanderC CSource: QSA and KSA rollsNatal Police
AleckJames EdwardPrisoner number: 2585
Captured: Elandslaagte 22 Oct 1899
Sent to: Unknown
Age: 34
Address: Fordsburg
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016
Unknown
AlecockW3648CorporalQSA (5).
Source: QSA medal rolls
7th (The Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards
AleeHSeedieQSA (0). Medal returned
Source: QSA medal rolls
HMS Thetis
AlefordFrank22491SergeantSource: Nominal roll in WO127Commander-in-Chief's Bodyguard
AlehinG5576PrivateDied of disease. Middelburg, 20 March 1901
1st Battalion.
Source: South African Field Force Casualty Roll
Leicestershire Regiment
AleickJames EdwardPrisoner number: 3569
Captured: Elandslaagte 22 Oct 1899
Sent to: St. Helena
Age: 34
Address: Fordsburg, Johannesburg
Source: Anglo Boer War Museum 2016
Unknown
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