Identity
Person No.
22524
Service No.
6442
Last Name
First Name
Eric James Ratcliffe
Initials
E J R
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
32
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, accidental gun shot wound to the abdomen, received 15 June
Military Service
Location
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Locality
Unknown
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Unit History
Role at time of death
Mounted Rifles, later Armoured Reconnaissance
Status
Volunteer unit (pre-1913); Active Citizen Force (Reserve) from 1913
Part of
Lineage from the Royal Durban Rangers (1854) through several volunteer mounted units, unified as Natal Mounted Rifles 1888. Reactivated for the Boer War as Natal Mounted Infantry. Transferred to the Active Citizen Force 1913; converted from cavalry to armoured reconnaissance 1934. Renamed Queen Nandi Mounted Rifles 2019.
Notes
Husband of Mrs. Raechel Gertrude Scott, of West Street, Durban. Born in Cape Town. A foreman printer by trade.
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