Identity
Person No.
17694
Service No.
15057
Last Name
First Name
Longone
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DIS 6,078
Died of disease
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Notes
Attested at Johannesburg on 25 September 1916. ***CWGC has double entry on Lesotho Memorial and wrong date of death at Pugu and wrong first name
Citations
Unknown
External References
Stories 1
Richard Husdell was born in South Shields Durham England in 1882. His family relocated to Port Elizabeth South Africa in the late 1800s. His father Augustus was a military man and as a result he enlisted. Early in 1901 he was captured by the boers but subsequently managed to escape. Around 26 February 1901 he departed from Steynsburg with column of about 1000 troops to pursue the same boers. He was wounded in action on 17 March and died on 19 March 1901. I am told that he was buried in an unmarked grave. He is remembered on the Prince Alfred's Guard memorial in Port Elizabeth.
Dedications 1
Richard Husdell son of Augustus and Frances emigrated to South Africa in the early 1900's from the north east of England he was 18 years old when he died in the Boer War. He had other brothers and sisters but the name was not carried on. I never knew this man but he is now in my family tree. He now has a dedication! Shirley Harper( Husdell)