Identity
Person No.
43723
Old ROH no.
21393
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Unknown
Initials
Unknown
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Military Service
Location
Notes
WMBR id 4033
Research notes
5 Sep 2026: Regiment/Unit swapped -- "Pretoria Commando" (a Commando, the Boer War-era regiment-equivalent) moved to Regiment; "Boer Forces" (the generic force-wide designation) moved to Unit, per John's decision.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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Anglo-Boer War Museum
open source ↗
Anglo-Boer War Museum
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
Stories 1
About 3 miles from Jamestown, St Helena is the site of what was known as 'Broadbottom' camp where the Boer prisoners were interred. There is also a well kept cemetry with 167 graves. Checking the names of those who died reveals that the youngest prisoner was R.S. Meyer (grave No.76) whose age was 16 years. We do not know how, or from what he died.
Dedications
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