Identity
Person No.
48623
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Frederick William
Initials
F W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
40
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
NAT 763
Natural causes
Cause of Death
Died of erysipelas at Grahamstown, following a sudden relapse after a period of apparent recovery
Military Service
Location
Notes
Drill Instructor attached to First City Volunteers (also Drill Instructor to the City's Cadet Corps), a long-time Grahamstown resident. Taken ill with erysipelas, seemed to be recovering, then had a sudden relapse and died within half an hour. Left a wife and several young children. Accorded a full military funeral with firing party, troop horse led behind the hearse (boots reversed), massed local Corps and cadet units, and the Dead March in Saul; coffin inscribed "Frederick William Harris, Died Sept. 7th 1900, Aged 40 Years and 6 Months". Referred to as "Sergt-Major Harris" at the funeral (initial report gave "Sergt."). No SAWGP record found — new ROH record.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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eGGSA Newspaper Extracts
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Grahamstown Journal, September 1900: death notice, "Sudden Death" report, and "Military Funeral" report for Sergt./Sergt-Major F.W. Harris.
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