Identity
Person No.
23873
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Last Name
First Name
James Richardson
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J R
Date of Birth
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Age at Death
47
Death Record
Date of Death
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DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
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Son of the Rev. William and Mrs. Elizabeth Alice Spensley. On Knysna War Memorial
Research notes
4 Sep 2026: Regiment leftover "Royal Army Medical Corps" (a branch, not a specific regiment) moved to Corps, per John's decision on the broader Regiment/Corps field-swap review.
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Stories 2
John Charles NIEMEYER Died at the age of 31 years when he was killed during action at Ladysmith during the 2nd Anglo-Boer War. He lies buried with his wife, Heloise in a family plot in the Church Street Cemetry, Pretoria D:FA 4 helgard
John Charles Niemeyer was an attorney and member of the Pretoria Commando. On the night of 9th December 1899, a British platoon of the King's Royal Rifles attacked a Boer howitzer on Surprise Hill (Vaalkop) that had been pounding Ladysmith. Members of the Pretoria Commando went to the assistance of the gun crew. John Charles Niemeyer was one of the Boer casualties from this action. He was apparently one of the first Pretoria citizens to be killed in the war and was (apparently) given a state funeral.
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