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1st Essex casualties in 1900 during Boer War

Killed/Died

 Pte E Saltmarsh at Modder River 11 February 1900

Pte H Willis from gunshot wound at Wynberg March 1900

Major H J Massey from Enteric Fever at Kimberley March 1900

Private F Carter of Gunshot Wounds at Mooi River 4 March 1900

2nd Lt A B Coddington at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Lieut F N Parsons at Petersburg on 9 March 1900

L Cpl J Scudder at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte A Cardiff at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Drummer T Sougham at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte G Pearce at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte C Emberson at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte D Weller at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

L Cpl W Whittaker at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte W Considine at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte G Kelly at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Noble at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Sgt J Franklin at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte V Kettle at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte F Bull at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte H Bantick at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Cpl T Cooper at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Hennesy  at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte T Norris  at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Cpl A Trickey  at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Ennals  at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte D Welling at  Driefontein 10 March 1900

Pte E Kemp from enteric fever at Kimberley on 13 March 1900

Pte W Newell from sickness Cape Garrison 21 March 1900

L Sgt F Southgate from dysentry at Bloenfontein on 5 April 1900

Pte E Eaton of Enteric fever on 19 May 1900 at Kroonstad

QMS C Brewster from unnamed disease at Bloemfontain on 1 June 1900

Private E Gurton of Influenza at Wynberg on 1 June 1900

Cpl F Chilvers of Enteric fever at Bolemfontein on 2 June 1900

L Sgt J H Pope from disease not named at Blomfontein on 6 June 1900

Pte A Parker of Pneumonia at Germiston on 7 June 1900

Pte H Devenish of Enteric fever at Blolemfontein on 7 June 1900

Private J Devoisly from enteretic fever at Bloemfontein on 8 June 1900

L Sgt Southgate of Dysentry at Oriange River 10 June 1900

Pte W Crabb died of dysentry at Blomfontein on 11 June 1900

Pte E Attwood of enteric fever at Naauwpoort on 13 June 1900

L Cpl A Sanders at Springfontein on 25 June 1900

L Cpl E waterworth at Blomfontein on 25 June 1900

Pte H Reynolds at Blomfontein on 25 June 1900

Pte J Brady of enteric fever at Johannesburg on 30 June 1900

Sgt A Frenchof enteric fever at Cape Town on 7 July 1900

Pte F Cabridge of enteric fever at Cape Town on 7 July 1900

Pte J Harknest of enteric fever at cape Town on 7 July 1900

Wounded

L Cpl W Byford at Modder River 11 February 1900

Pte G Turner at Modder River on 11 February 1900

Pte W Harris at Modder River on 11 February 1900

Major Massy from Dysentry at Kimberley on 7 March 1900

2nd Lt Wolhouse at Ostoentein farm on 7 March 1900

2nd Lt Raleigh at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Captain H Broadmead at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Lt A G Pratt at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Major T de B Waite RAMC ( attached to 1st Essex) at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Sgt E S West at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Cpl J Morgan at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Drummer A Yearsley at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte W College at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte W Hardy at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte H Nears at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte R Smith at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte W Stearn at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte A Thear at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte G Warwicker at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte T Wilson at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte F Jarvis at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Malone at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Brooks at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte P Jones at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte E Albion at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte E White at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte G Connor at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Fennell at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte W Logsdale at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte W Moore at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte P Stewart at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte A Weston at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte E Last at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte A Welham at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte E Munson at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Mitson at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Bartlett at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Lance Sgt J Wood at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Cpl B Bowtell at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Lance Sgt C Plowden at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Rogers at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte T Wood at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte C Banks at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Cpl E Claydon at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte C A Smith at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte W Dean at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte H Darcey at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Allen at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte H Rippingale at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Lance Sgt H B Offen  at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

L Cpl A B Butcher  at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

L Cpl W  Dimsey  at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte F Chaplin  at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte W G Cull  at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte G Earn at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte W English at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte G Goldstone at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte D Huskie at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte F Kittey at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Cpl A Blanks at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte C Wilkin at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte E Burton at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Rogers at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Berryman at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte C Whitbread at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte H Pearson at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

L Cpl R Poole at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte H Clarke at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte A Vice at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Varney at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte C Passaway  at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Sharpe at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte T Richardson at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Sutherwood at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Gust at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte A Jones at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte W Prior at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Frost at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte C Arthey at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Read at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte E Smith at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte H Haynes at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte H Haken at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte F Curtis at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte P Russell at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte D Huskie at Dreifontein on 9 March 1900

Pte J Haviland at Blomfontein on 10 June 1900

Pte H Reynolds at Blomfontein on 10 June 1900

L Cpl E Waterworth at Blomfontein on 10 June 1900

Pte J Sullivan at Kroonstad on 11 June 1900

Pte G Joslin dangerously ill at Wynberg on 11 June 1900

Sgt T Patient at Diamond Hill on 12 June 1900

 

Missing

Pte S Nelson at Driefontein

Pte J Haynes at Driefontein

Pte J Webb at Petresburg on 9 March 1900

Pte M Woodall at Petresburg on 9 March 1900

Pte T Nelson at Petresburg on 9 March 1900

Prisoners

11 February 1900

Lance Corporal W Speller ,Private J Underwood ,Private W Auston. Private L Stolan , Private A Wentworth, Private J A Thornton, Private J Newman, Private J Doe and Private A Hume. The first 5 men were all wounded when taken.

Hospitalised but released back to dury

Major J T Spencer on 29 May 1900

Lt G H Raleigh on 29 may 1900

Repatriated as wounded

2nd Lieutenant A E M Thomson

The above list has been taken from casualty bulletins issued during the Boer War by the War Office.