Identity
Person No.
11268
Service No.
C/287767V
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOAS 7,466
Died on active service
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Notes
Son of Viner Johnson, and of Elizabeth Johnson, of Holpan, Cape Province, South Africa; husband of Lizzie Johnson.
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: reverted Corps->Regiment for Cape Corps. John, citing SA History Online (sahistory.org.za/article/cape-coloured-corps-and-first-world-war), identified Cape Corps as a combat/recruiting identity with numbered battalions beneath it (like King's Royal Rifle Corps or the Machine Gun Corps), not an administrative branch grouping multiple distinct regiments -- unlike e.g. South African Infantry Corps, which genuinely groups different named regiments (Transvaal Scottish, Durban Light Infantry, etc).
Citations
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External References
Stories 1
My late father Arthur Raymond Dearlove 1906-1972 wrote of his father?s and uncle?s generation: ? The chi1dren were born in most of the provinces of the Union and Rhodesia. Most were British citizens but some were born in the Boer Republics, and so were called up for service in the Boer War. One of them was emotionally involved. in the Boer cause and. rose to be a Commandant. Another fighting for the British was killed in the siege of Ladysmith.? The English Dearloves called the Boer Uncle, Wicked Uncle Charlie. The casualty at Ladysmith is without doubt Trooper Frederick Dearlove. Grandma Dearlove commented ungrammatically of her wanderings with her husband ?He leads around the country like a ox.? Note JWKilfoil asks whether trooper Frederick Dearlove (Ladysmith) left the address of his widow. NASA document. Depot NAB. Source CSO. Leer Vol1638. Ref 1900.383,remark L of C 2516
Dedications 1
Dedicated to a fellow Dearlove. You have made the supreme sacrifice. May you rest in peace. At the going down of the sun, we will remember them.