Identity
Person No.
49349
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Last Name
First Name
Arthur John
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A J
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Cause of Death
Killed instantly at the Battle of Lobatsi by a nearby exploding shrapnel shell that broke his neck 1
Killed instantly at the Battle of Lobatsi by a nearby exploding shrapnel shell that broke his neck, while with a group of officers on an exposed ridge; buried in Lobatsi
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Research notes
Plumer's Men: The Rhodesia Regiment and the Northwest Frontier during the Second South African War, 1899-1900, Robert Burrett (extensively footnoted against contemporary newspapers, the Rhodesia Regiment Roll, Rhodesian death registers, and NAZ archival sources).: born Monmouth, UK, 1871; member of the West Riding Regiment seconded to Plumer's column, attached to C Troop RR; gazetted Captain only days before his death. Not previously on the ROH.
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