Oglesby, Thomas Davey

Identity

Person No.

48825

Service No.

441

Last Name

Oglesby 1

First Name

Thomas Davey

Initials

T D

Date of Birth

Unknown

Est. Birth Year

1867 (±1 yr) 117

Age at Death

32

Death Record

Date of Death

08 May 1900 120

Cause code

DIS 6,080

Died of disease

Cause of Death

Died of disease 859

Died of disease, dysentery, at Escourt, Natal

Military Service

Branch

Army

Rank

Lieutenant

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

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, 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

Son of Isabella (nee Howard) Oglesby of Smedley Villa, Manning Rd., Durban; father Thomas Davey. Born Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England 1867; managing clerk before enlistment; commissioned DLI 1899.

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): Lieutenant T.D. Oglesby, Service No. 441, Durban Light Infantry. Confirmed.
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.: Lieutenant T.D. Oglesby, commissioned 1899, died of dysentery at Escourt, age 34.
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 Thomas Davey Oglesby, died of dysentery Estcourt Hospital; West Street Cemetery. Dates given 07/05/1900 or 08/05/1900 — ROH kept 1900-05-08. Age 32 (was 34) from PDF; born 1867.

Citations

Unknown

External References

K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
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 Thomas Davey Oglesby, died of dysentery Estcourt Hospital; West Street Cemetery. Dates given 07/05/1900 or 08/05/1900 — ROH kept 1900-05-08. Age 32 (was 34) from PDF; born 1867.
Regimental History of the Durban Light Infantry (Vol. 1)
Roll of Honour, The South African War 1899-1902
angloboerwar.com open source ↗
Durban Light Infantry unit page (King's Medal / Muster Roll, Nominal roll images)
angloboerwar.com open source ↗
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry Anglo Boer War Roll of Honour (April 2020 PDF)

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