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Identity
Person No.
48822
Service No.
201
Last Name
Horsley 4
First Name
William Leighton
Initials
W L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
1879 (±1 yr) 383
Age at Death
20
Death Record
Date of Death
07 June 1900 139
Cause code
DIS 6,080
Died of disease
Cause of Death
Died of disease 859
Died of disease, enteric fever (typhoid), in Durban
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
WEST STREET CEMETERY, DURBAN, KZN
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

51 First Avenue, Durban. Born Jubberpore, West Bengal, India 1879; blacksmith in Durban. PDF Nov 2023 erroneously lists this entry twice as #17 and #18 (McKay dropped from numbered list — McKay still on photo pages).

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 William Leighton Horsley, Service No. 201, 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.: Private William Leighton Horsley, Service No. 201 or 251 (findmypast gave 201), died of typhoid in Durban, age 20.
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. 201, Horsley W., "Dead. 7/6/00." -- confirms Service No. 201 (resolving the earlier 201-vs-251 ambiguity) and the 7 June 1900 death date exactly.
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 William Leighton Horsley; born Jubbulpore 1879; enteric Durban 07/06/1900. PDF lists Horsley twice (#17/#18) — numbering error.

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