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Identity
Person No.
48829
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
Smith 325
First Name
Unknown
Initials
E
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Unknown
Age at Death
Unknown
Death Record
Date of Death
23 April 1900 141
Cause code
Unknown
Cause of Death
Died 72
Died
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
Unknown
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 E. Smith, Durban Light Infantry -- confirmed (no service number given in this source).
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 no cause of death for Private E. Smith and notes a possible identity ambiguity in its own sources: '(E.M. Smith won a 1906 medal.)', tentatively suggesting initials 'E.J.?'. No burial trace found.
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 E. Smith, DLI — "Died. NO TRACE" (23/04/1900 kept). PDF adds alternative identity: Or SMITH, E.W. (DHS 1896 admin #472), Trooper Natal Mounted Infantry SN 124, born 18/7/1884, died Newcastle 06/06/1902 age 17, Newcastle Cemetery — NOT merged; possible different man. Flagged for research.

Citations
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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").: Pte E. Smith, DLI — "Died. NO TRACE" (23/04/1900 kept). PDF adds alternative identity: Or SMITH, E.W. (DHS 1896 admin #472), Trooper Natal Mounted Infantry SN 124, born 18/7/1884, died Newcastle 06/06/1902 age 17, Newcastle Cemetery — NOT merged; possible different man. Flagged for research.
  • 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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