Church of All Saints, Oakham
A plaque in the Church of All Saints.
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899 - 1902 THIS TABLET was erected by public subscription In the County of Rutland to the GLORY OF GOD and in memory of the following Rutland Men who fell In the South African War 1899 – 1902 Lieut the Hon C M EVANS-FREKE of Glaston 16th Lancers Colour Sergt A PANTER of Stretton 2nd Coldstream Guards Sergt T G TAYLOR of Oakham 7th Imperial Yeomanry Sergt W THOMPSON of Morsott 1st Cameron Highlanders Pte E F BROWN of Edith Weston 1st Devonshire Regiment Bugler A E PEASGOOD of Oakham Vol Co 1st Leicestershire Regiment Pte J H GARRATT of Uppingham 2nd Grenadier Guards Pte J H BLAND of Empingham 3rd West Riding Regiment Trooper W E MANN of Langham 14th Hussars Pte C NEALE of Oakham 1st Royal Scots Driver S B SIMPSON of North Luffenham 42nd Battery Royal Field Artillery Trooper F L WRIGHT of Lyndon South African Constabulary Trooper K M KINNISON of Oakham 7th Imperial Yeomanry Greater love hath no man than this, that A man lay down his life for his friends 
Brass plaque in St Andrew's Church, Glaston
IN LOVING MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT HON C M EVANS-FREKE 16TH (QUEENS) LANCERS WHO DIED AT BOKSBURG OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION AT BAPSFONTEIN TRANSVAAL JUNE 20TH 1900 IN HIS 24TH YEAR ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS IN HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE Thank you Charles Sale who provided by Charles Sale. See also http://www.gravestonephotos.com/index.php 
A marble plaque in St Martin’s Church, Lyndon
In Loving Memory of FREDERICK LEWIS WRIGHT OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY BORN AT LYNDON 19TH AUGUST 1874 ACCIDENTALLY KILLED WHILE ON DUTY AT ROODEPOORTTE NEK 17TH JUNE 1902 THY WILL BE DONE Thank you Charles Sale who provided by Charles Sale. See also http://www.gravestonephotos.com/index.php 
A memorial plaque in the Church of All Saints,
Oakham SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MARTHA, WIFE OF THOMAS FREER MD WHO DIED NOVEMER 25TH 1827, AGED 57 ALSO EDWARD GARDNER FREER LIEUT 43RD LIGHT INFANTRY (THIRD SON OF THE ABOVE) WHO FELL IN ACTION IN THE PYRENNEES NOVEMBER 10TH 1813, AGED 20 ALSO THE ABOVE THOMAS FREER MD WHO DIED MAY 22ND 1835, AGED 79 WHOSE REMAINS WITH THOSE OF MARTHA, HIS WIFE REPOSE IN A VAULT NEAR THIS SPOT An amplification The battle of the Nivelle started just before dawn 0n 10 November 1813 as the Light Division headed towards the plateau on the summit of the Greater Rhune The objective of the division was to sweep the three defensive forts the French had constructed out of the battle. They moved down into the ravine in front of the Lesser Rhune and were ordered to lie down and await the order to attack. After the signal from a battery of cannon, the offensive began. It started with the men of the 43rd, 52nd and 95th - with the 17th Portuguese Caçadores in support - storming the redoubts on the crest of the Rhune. Despite this being a risky move and the men being almost exhausted, the surprise and boldness of the British sent the French fleeing towards other forts on other hills. 
Marble plaque in the Church of All Saints, Oakham
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LT COLONEL WILLIAM GARDNER FREER KH WHO DIED AT CORFU COMMANDING HBM TENTH REGIMENT OF INFANTRY ON THE 2ND OF AUGUST 1836 AGED 45 YEARS HE SERVED IN THE 43RD (OR MONMOUTHSHIRE) LIGHT INFANTRY (ONE OF THE REGIMENTS OF THE LIGHT DIVISION OF THE ARMY) IN ALL THE CAMPAIGNS OF THE PENINSULAR WAR FROM 1808 TO 1814 HE WAS PRESENT DURING THAT EVENTFUL PERIOD IN THE BATTLES AND SEIGES OF VIMIERA – CORUNNA – BUSACO FUENTES D’ONOR – CUIDAD RODRIGO – BADAJOS – VITTORIA – NIVELLE – NIVE – TOULOUSE – AND LOST HIS RIGHT ARM AT THE STORMING OF BADAJOS THIS TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF A DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER AND A SINCERE FRIEND IS ERECTED BY HIS FELLOW OFFICERS BY WHOM A MONUMENT HAS BEEN PLACED OVER HIS REMAINS WHICH WERE INTERRED AT CORFU An amplification Corfu was a British Garrison within the Ionian Islands with over 3,000 troops stationned there. There was no major incident at that time so William Freer probably succumbed to disease |
The Fallen
John Henry BLAND Private, 3rd Battalion, West Riding Regiment, South Africa Field Force. Army no. 5946 He died of disease whilst on active service on 25 April 1902 at Beaufort West. He was 25 He was the son of George and Eliza Bland of Empingham. Edgar F BROWN Private, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, Natal Field Force. Army no. 5308 He was wounded on 8 September 1900 at Lydenburg. He was 21 He was the son of William H and Mary A Brown of Edith Weston The Hon Cecil Montague EVANS-FREKE Lieutenant, 16th Lancers, South Africa Field Force He died whilst on active service on 15 June 1900 at Bloemfontein. He was 24 He was the son of William Charles Evans-Freke, Baron Carbery and Victoria Evans-Freke, Baroness Carbery Additional information His address for Probate was Glaston House Uppingham. There is a memorial plaque in the St Andrews Church, Glaston which states that he died at Boksburg, Transval from wounds he had received at Bapsfontein Kenneth MacKenzie KINNISON Trooper, 7th (1st Leicestershire) Company, 4th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. Army no. 2183 He died 26 March 1902 at 2 Sussex Terrace, Bournemouth He was the son of Alexander M and Hannah Additional information Probate was granted to Alexander MacKenzie KINNISON, Surveyor of Highways. Kenneth’s address was stated as Pen Street Oakham William Edward MANN Trooper, 14th Hussars, South Africa Field Force. Army no. 65 He was wounded at Surprise Hill and died at Derdepoort on 11 July 1900. He was 27 He was the son of Edward and Alice Mann of Langham Charles NEALE Private, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots, South Africa Field Force. Army no. 6886 He died on 17 January 1901 at Middelburg from disease whilst on active service He was the son of Emma Neale (later Broom) of Oakham Additional information He appears as C Neall in some military records His name also appears on the Royal Scots Memorial, St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh John Henry GARRATT Private, 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, South Africa Field Force. Army no. 4934 He was killed on active service on 29 May 1900 at Senekal. He was 27 He was the son of Charles and Emma Garratt of Uppingham Additional information I believe that the spelling on the Memorial Plaque is correct as it reflects his birth registration Arthur PANTER Colour Sergeant, 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards, South Africa Field Force. Army no. 7424 He died of disease on active service on 15 July 1900 in Pretoria Reuben and Phoebe Carter Panter of Stretton and the husband of Annie Panter Albert Edward PEASGOOD Bugler, 1st Volunteer Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, Natal Field Force. Army no. 6741 He died in Modder Spruit on 26 May 1900 probably from disease on active service. He was 25 He lived in Oakham and he was the son of James and Mary Peasgood of Stamford He is remembered on the South African (Boer) War Memorial (1899 – 1902), Town Hall Square, Leicester on the corner of Horsefair Street & Every Street S B SIMPSON Drummer, (or Driver), 42nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery, Natal Field Force Army no. 90415 He died in Ladysmith on active service on 16 January 1900 apparently of Dysentry. It is also the time that the battle to relieve Ladysmith was raging He lived in North Luffenham but I have not been able to identify any further detail about him Thomas George TAYLOR Sergeant, 7th Company, 4th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. Army no. 2243 He died on active service but there does not appear to be a record of when, how or where he died He lived in Oakham. Details of his birth and family have not been established He is remembered on the South African (Boer) War Memorial (1899 – 1902), Town Hall Square, Leicester on the corner of Horsefair Street & Every Street William THOMPSON Sergeant, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, South Africa Field Force. Army no. 1572 He died on active service in Elandsfontein on 1 April 1902. He was 24 He was the son of Mrs Mary Ann Thompson of Morcott Elandsfontein Base Hospital was initially an Imperial Yeomanry Hospital which opened 29 June 1901. Frederick Lewis WRIGHT Trooper, South African Constabulary. Army no. 1311 He was the son of Benjamin and Jane Wright of Lyndon He died whilst on active service on 17 June 1902 at Roodepport Nek Additional information On the north wall of the north aisle of Lyndon Church there is a plaque which commemorates the death in South Africa. The account here is from the Grantham Journal of 5 July 1902. Sad news reached [Lyndon] on June 24th, by telegram from the War Office to Mr and Mrs B Wright, stating that their eldest son, Frederick Lewis [of the South African Constabulary] had been thrown from his horse in South Africa, causing concussion of the brain, from which he died. He was well-known and respected, gaining many friends wherever he went, and his death will be felt and deplored. Great sympathy is expressed for the bereaved parents and his brother, in their trouble. The Boer War Memorial in Leicester
This memorial includes two Oakham men Albert Edward PEASGOOD and Thomas George TAYLOR
INSCRIPTION:
In stone, central top: Glory to God: Honour the dead, peace after victory Directly below inscription: Officers Brigadier General Sir E P R Woodgate, CB KCMG *2 Brevet Major R B Blunt, 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers *3 Captain Cortland Gordon Mackenzie, Royal Artillery *2 Memorial at Foxton Captain Price-Dent, 2nd Devonshire Regiment *2 Captain H C Thorold, The Leicestershire Regiment *4 Lieut W M P Hannah, The Leicestershire Regiment *4 Lieut C P Russell, The Leicestershire Regiment *2 Five panels, left to right. 1st panel: The Leicestershire Regiment QM Sergt: A Johnson *2 Colour-Sergt: T Clarken *2 Sergeants: W A Boulton, *2 O Crowdell, *5 G Hewitt *2, J Pike *2, W H Whitehead *2 Lance-Sergt: W G Starkey *2 Corporals: J Bradshaw *4, J T Fletcher *2, A Hill *2, W Hutt *2, C Yates *2 Lance-Corporals: J Barratt *2, A E Dunkley *2, J A Fletcher *2, J Hallam *2, W Harlow *2, H Keys *2 Below section: Leicestershire Regt: Pt E V Morris *2 Brabants Horse: Pt C H Paulson *2 My additions: *1 On Memorial in All Saints Church, Oakham *2 Died *3 Died of Wounds *4 Killed in ction *5 Drowned 2nd panel: W Smith, E Walsh, Privates: G Alchin, J A Arnold, W Ashton, H Austin, H C H Bailey, R Barson, E Bassett, J Bent, J Bingley, A Birchmore, H Booth, F J Boyall, C Bradley, H Britland, T Brown, F Bullock, T Bunn, T Callaghan, W Capel, F W L Carder, J Carr, R Cartwright, J Cave, J R Chapman, S T Cheney, W J Cheesley, J Cockerill, A Coles, H Collett, H Corbett, A Croll, C Darlow, T Dawson, J R Dix, J D Durrands, F E Edge, W Elkington, G Ellicock, J Fisher, W A Forbes, W Gilbert, R Glover, J Goode, E Griffin, F Hannibal, A Harriman, J R Hawkins, G Hazell, D Helps, J Hickey, A T Hill, J J Hodsell, A Horsefield, G Hulse, J Jarvis, C Johnson, G Johnstone, J Kellam, G Kendall, J Kirk, R Kirkpatrick, J W Knight, J H Lamin, J Leader, S Lewin, T Lindsey, G Lord, H Lovell, J Lowe, T H Lyons, G Maddison, W Markham, H Marlow, G Martin, J C Martin, J Mason, N Mawbey, H Mellers, T Mitchell, J Moore, A Moulds, J Moule, G Neale, J Norman, S North, J Parker, A E Peasgood,=1 C Porter, W Poultney, W Redmile, G Reynolds, J W Robinson, D H Russell, T Salter, J Sarson, J Sanders, E Seares, G Sharpe, R Shillcock, A Simpson, T Smith, W H Spizer, A Stanyon, A Sturgess, A Thomas, T Thwaites, J Tolley, W Townsend, J A Trigger, J T Tucker, W Vann, W Voyce, C P Vulliamy, J H Walker, S Walster, F Warner, G W Warren, J T Warsop, J Watkinson, A Watson, J W Wesley, L Weston, C Westwood, T Whitehead, T Widdowson, H Wildman, J Wilde, J T Wilford, W Wilson, W Woofendon, R Woolmer, St John’s Ambulance Brigade: Pt F H Cooper, 7th Co Imperial Yeomanry: Reg. Sergt. Major, H Blaydon, Corporal, T G Taylor *1 Privates: A E Baker, W Berry, H Carryer, J W Davis, G R Gee, A W Hull, W E Kennison, J F Knight, T Mills, G O’Shea, A E Partridge, F J Pegg, S G Record, N C Shelton, R H Stafford, A Tayleur, F Woolley, 65th Co. Imperial, Yeomanry: QM Sergeant, A J Roberts, W T Cockain, Privates: J Brooker, O Hall, G Harris, F Prentice, G Smith 3rd panel: J Smith, JT Turner, M Winks, 1st Dragoon Guards:, Pt R Howard, 3rd Dragoon Guards: Pt W Robb, 5th Dragoon Guards: Pt H Clarke, 6th Dragoon Guards: Pt B Thirlby, 1st Dragoons: Pt G Hand, 6th Dragoons: Sergeant, A Hanwell, 10th Hussars: Pt T H Allen, 11th Hussars: Pt A A Lea, 12th Lancers: Sergeant, E Clee, Pt J Sedgley: 14th Hussars: Pt E Dobson, 15th Lancers: Sergeant, T H Hanney, 17th Lancers: Private, E Jones, H Moore, G W Nichols, J Smith, 18th Hussars: Pt A Shrubsole, 19th Hussars: Lance Corporal, P Goodman, 39th Co. Imperial Yeomanry: Pt J Rodgers, 41st Co. Imperial Yeomanry: Pt W Nicholson, 52nd Co. Imperial Yeomanry: Pt T P Pochin, 57th Co. Imperial Yeomanry: Pt A C Hudson, 105th Co. Imperial Yeomanry: Pt J A Lawton, 115th Co. Imperial Yeomanry: Pt W Bailey, Royal Horse, Artillery, Driver: H Crane, Royal Field Artillery: Batt. Sergt. Major, W Drinkwater, Bombardier: W Brownsword, Farrier Sergt. J Retallack, Gunners, A Bates, F Copeland, H Mills, F H Woolley, A Wykes, J Humpage, A Oswin, H Taylor, Royal Garrison Artillery: Gunner, A E Harcourt, Royal Engineers: Sappers D Cooke, A Galpin, A J Reeve, Grenadier Guards: Privates, J Booth, W Foster, W Gregg, A Tyler, Coldstream Guards: Privates, J Evans, H Hutchins, C Vincent 4th panel: Scots Guards: Pt D D Stewart , The Royal Scots: Corporal, J J Clarke, Privates: E Cleaver, C Jacques, A Knight, The Northumberland Fusiliers: Colour Sergeant, T Fosberry, Pt R Cox, The Royal Warwickshire, Regiment: Privates, J Bagley, R Clarke, R Howard, B O’Shea, The Norfolk Regiment: Corporal, CA Sword, The Lincolnshire Regiment: Sergeant, J H Frudd, Pt A Sharman The Somersetshire Light Infantry: Pt AE Lock, The West Yorkshire Regiment: Lance-Sergeant, S Weston, Corporal, WH Barwell, Pt J Cotter The East Yorkshire Regiment: Pt J Macdonald, The Royal Scots Fusiliers: Privates, F Houghton, W Walton, The East Lancashire Regiment: Privates, J Stiles, T H Hewitt, The East Surrey Regiment: Pt G Knight, The South Staffordshire Regiment: Lance Corporal, H Hanham, Pt J Palmer, The, Dorsetshire, Regiment: Pt J McNeil, The South Lancashire Regiment: Lance Corporal, T Smith, The Sherwood Forester: Lance Corporal, A Sansome, W Aldred, Privates, H Henderson, JH Foyser, J Turnbull, W Worrad, The Northamptonshire Regiment: Privates, AE Barnsley, W Curtis, F Davis, A Jarvis, W Smith, The Royal, Berkshire Regiment: Pt TH Walker, The Royal, West Kent, Regiment: Lance Corporal, CTS Beeson, The Yorkshire Light Infantry: Privates, E Jackson, GE Tuson, The, Shropshire Light Infantry: Pt HJE Hinton, The, Middlesex Regiment: Pt JA Pikeman, The Kings Royal Rifle Corps: Lance Corporal, WR Riley, Privates J Bell, G Burdett, GH Fletcher, F Laming, J Norton, H Towle, WE Richardson, The Manchester Regiment: Pt R Greaves, The North, Staffordshire, Regiment, Sergeant, J Gadsby, The York And Lancaster Regiment: Pt A Lee, The Durham Light Infantry: Sergeants, A Gunton, W Sikes, The Gordon Highlanders: Sergeant, G Harris, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders: Pt T Lydall, The Rifle Brigade: Privates, B Blake, J Egan, A Gibbon, W Jones, Army Service Corps: Privates, G Brierley, W Sweet 5th panel: The Royal Army Medical Corps: Privates, HW Harrold, W Markley, BHH Tollington, The Army Ordnance Corps: Pt FC Reeves, The Scottish Horse: Pt E Smith, The South African Constabulary: Privates, HE Forknall, JB Jacques, The British South African Police: Pt A Hazlerigg, Cape Medical Staff Pt T H Wollerton Below: 65th Compy Imperial Yeomanry: Sergt F Payne, Pt G Weston |