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Identity
Person No.
48811
Service No.
903 / 27043
Last Name
Berry 26
First Name
Charles Frederick
Initials
C F
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1870 (±1 yr) 146
Age at Death
31
Death Record
Date of Death
02 February 1901 80
Cause code
KIA 14,778
Killed in action
Cause of Death
Killed in action 14,654
Killed in action; initially buried at Geneva Siding, near Bloemhoek, Orange Free State, later exhumed
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
Prince of Wales Light Horse 1
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Durban Light Infantry 6
Later renamed 1st Infantry (Durban Light Infantry) (1912)
Defence Force
COLONIAL 405
Colonial forces (pre-Union)
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
NORTH ROAD CEMETERY, KROONSTAD, FREE STATE
Grave Reference
Unknown
Memorial
DLI Anglo Boer War Memorial, D.L.I. Headquarters, Durban.
Memorial
Durban Light Infantry Anglo Boer War Memorial (DLI Headquarters)
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban, KZN
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Memorial
The Anglo Boer War, 1899-1902 Source: kznpr.co.za (KZN: A Photographic Historical Record)
Names on Anglo Boer War Roll of Honour
Memorial
Durban Light Infantry Chapel (Chapel of St Michael & St George)
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
5 DLI Avenue, Durban, South Africa
Coordinates
-29.84722, 31.01583 · OpenStreetMap
Panel
Anglo Boer War Roll of Honour
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Memorial
Natal Volunteers Memorial, Boer Campaign 1899-1902, Pietermaritzburg City Hall.
Memorial
Natal Volunteers Memorial, Pietermaritzburg City Hall (Boer Campaign 1899-1902)
Location
Pietermaritzburg City Hall, KZN
Panel
Not listed against a numbered panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Colonial volunteer unit
Part of
Infantry Formation (SAAIF) — Motorised Infantry — Reserve
Raised 1854 as D'Urban Volunteer Guard; several earlier name changes (Durban Rifle Guard 1859, Royal Durban Rifles 1873, Natal Royal Rifles 1889) before "Durban Light Infantry" from 1895.
Notes
Unknown
Research notes

Source: Regimental History of the Durban Light Infantry, Vol. 1, Roll of Honour, "The South African War, 1899-1902".
John Dovey, 1 Sep 2026 (findmypast.com, Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902, cross-checked against the Durban Light Infantry Chapel Boer War Roll of Honour plaque): Private Charles Frederick Berry, Service Nos. 903 and 27043 (likely renumbered during service), Durban Light Infantry. Confirmed, full given names added.
Durban Light Infantry: Anglo Boer War Roll of Honour, compiled by K.M. Jordan, April 2020 (via angloboerwar.com's Durban Light Infantry 'Roll of honour' PDF, https://www.angloboerwar.com/images/pdf/DLI_ABW_ROH.pdf citing Historical Record of the Durban Volunteer Infantry Corps 1854-1904, The Durban Light Infantry Volume I: 1854-1934 (Lt-Col A.C. Martin), In Memoriam ROH of Imperial Forces ABW 1899-1902 (Steve Watt, 2000), Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa (Nicki von der Heyde), Natal Field Force Casualty Roll, and kznpr.co.za. gives Charles Frederick Berry as **Lieutenant**, Prince of Wales Light Horse (served with the Durban Light Infantry), Service No. 930 or 903 (findmypast gave 903/27043 as a Private -- CONFLICT on rank and unit, not fully resolved; this dedicated Roll of Honour compilation is preferred for Rank/Regiment as the more authoritative source, findmypast's data not discarded, noted here). Killed in action, exhumed to Kroonstad. Also on the East Lancashire Monument, Braamfontein, Johannesburg.
Durban Light Infantry King's Medal Roll / Muster Roll, 29/9/1899 to 31/5/1902 (V5012/02, Record Office Discharge Depot, Cape, signed G. Molyneux, Capt., Adjt. D.L.I.) -- 10-page nominal roll scan on angloboerwar.com's Durban Light Infantry unit page, 'Nominal roll images' tab.: Corps No. 903, Berry C.F., "Killed on A.S. May 01" (active service) -- confirms May 1901.
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: Anglo Boer War Roll of Honour (updated Nov 2023; email to John/Bobby 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_abw_roh_2023-11-21.pdf (Downloads: "0. DLI ABW ROH - 21 Nov 2023.pdf").: Lt C.F. Berry, PoWLH; Force #930 or 903?; KIA Geneva siding near Bloemhoek OFS 31/03/1901 (PDF). CONFLICT: ROH DateDeath 1901-02-02; muster roll "Killed on A.S. May 01". DateDeath not changed.

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