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Men from Exeter who served in the Boer War 1899-1902

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Boer War Memorial at the Guildhall
Memorial at the Guildhall. Also see General Buller

The Guildhall Memorial

Royal 1st Devon Imperial Yeomanry

Enlisted at Exeter

Sqdn Sergeant Major A G Matthews
Sergeant A Hoskins - uncle of Professor W G Hoskins
Corporal E A Ayre
Trooper W A Broome
Trooper J M Eaves
Trooper R G Edmonds
Trooper C Fairweather
Trooper H L Foote
Trooper E J Gould
Trooper J Mortimer
Trooper F J Pugsley
Trooper S W Rippon
Trooper W Samways
Trooper F Walkerley
Trooper H White
Trooper W J Wippell

London Yeomanry

Trooper J Milton

North Somerset Imperial Yeomanry

Trooper C J Harding

83rd Company Imperial Yeomanry

Trooper H B Foster

1st Devon and Somerset Royal Engineer Volunteers

1st Section

Sergeant J Clark
Sergeant C Friend
Sapper J Adams
Sergeant C Seward
Sergeant C Shapley
Coproral W Guest
2nd Corporal F Friend
Lance Corporal F S J Stoneman
2nd Section
Lieutenant G H Lake
Sergeant F J Hawker
Lance Corporal W Richards
Sapper A Bealey
Sapper S Ford
Sapper R Squire
Sapper A Swash

Royal Engineers Telegraph Battalion

From Exeter Post Office

H Clift
C Gibson
W F Lowe
J Rendle
W J Widger

1st Volunteers Battalion Devonshire Regiment

Corporal F L Smale
Corporal C Tett
Lance Corporal H F Cornish
Private A Agnew
Private E J Dunstan
Private G W Frost
Private E C Hine
Private C Stidwell
Private A Hoskins
Private H Hoskins
Private W Palmer
Private P E Rattenbury
Private C J Stocker
Private H J Towning
Private F W Tucker
Private C J Tullidge
Private H Way
Private F T Weeks
Private J H Wills
Private T Wilson
Private F W Wotton

Other Rifle Battalions

2nd Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry

Captain E J Piper

2nd Battalion Cheshires

Private H Orchard
Bugler E H Gratwicke

Ambulance Brigade

From Exeter Fire Brigade

J F Down
H Hern
W Melhuish
M W Pett
C Vosper
R Webber


Heles School memorialMemorial at St Davids Church for Heles School Boer War dead.


Heles School Boer War Memorial - St David's Church

Captain P S Salter
Sergeant Major R O Harris
Sergeant A Hoskins - uncle of Professor W G Hoskins
Trooper W J Goodridge
Trooper S W Rippon
Private W Wescomb
Private J H Wills
Private R H Bulley

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