Identity
Person No.
17760
Service No.
3194
Last Name
First Name
Sam
Initials
S
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
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Unknown
Notes
Attested at Kimberley
Citations
***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
External References
Stories 1
He was 29 years old, and a Shoeing Smith in the Royal Horse Artillery, British Army during the South African War (Boer War). On 20 December 1901 near Tafelkop, Orange River Colony, South Africa, Shoeing Smith Ind stuck to his pompom gun under very heavy fire when the whole of the remainder of the team had been shot down, and continued to fire into the advancing enemy until the last possible moment. A captain who was mortally wounded on this occasion, requested that Shoeing Smith Ind's gallant conduct on this and in every other action since he joined the pompom service be brought to notice. He later achieved the rank of Farrier-Sergeant. WO2 (FofS) Martin Ind
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