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Identity
Person No.
48815
Service No.
824
Last Name
Cleghorn 2
First Name
George Greenhill
Initials
G G
Date of Birth
13 December 1862 132
Age at Death
38
Death Record
Date of Death
18 May 1900 79
Cause code
POW 1,367
Died as prisoner of war
Cause of Death
Wounded and captured on the armoured train ambushed at Chieveley 1
Wounded and captured on the armoured train ambushed at Chieveley, near Frere, on 15 Nov 1899; died of malaria as a prisoner of war at Waterval Camp; initially buried at Waterval North, north of Pretoria, later exhumed
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Private
Regiment
Durban Light Infantry 30
Later renamed 1st Infantry (Durban Light Infantry) (1912)
Corps
South African Infantry Corps 10,347
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
COLONIAL 405
Colonial forces (pre-Union)
Location
Country
South Africa 23,872
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
PETRONELLA CEMETERY, WONDERBOOM, TSHWANE, GAUTENG
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

Born Glamis Angus, Forfarshire, Scotland 13 Dec 1862.

Research notes

Source: Regimental History of the Durban Light Infantry, Vol. 1, Roll of Honour, "The South African War, 1899-1902".
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.: Private G.G. Cleghorn, Service No. 824, wounded and captured in the Chieveley armoured train ambush of 15 Nov 1899, died of malaria as a POW at Waterval Camp; his name is given as 'unknown' on the main memorial at the exhumation site. Resolves the 31 Aug 2026 finding that no findmypast DLI record matched this man.
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. 824, Cleghorn G.G., "8/5/00. Dead." -- confirms Service No. 824; gives 8 May 1900, an 8-day CONFLICT with the existing 18 May 1900 death date (not changed, noted).
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").: Pte George Greenhill Cleghorn; DOB 13/12/1862; age 38. Confirms Chieveley capture / Waterval malaria narrative.

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