
Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) British Armed Forces (Officers)
Also known as The South African War
Image Right - Boer War Memorial in St John's Gardens in Liverpool.
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A Project aiming to include the profiles of the Britishofficers who fought in Anglo Boer War in South Africa. (1899-1902). Please add Military leaders and notable participants (Officers) to this project and/or the list below. "Other ranks" can be added to Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) - British Armed Forces (Other Ranks).
There is also a small section at the bottom of the page for British Women who were involved in the Anglo Boer War. There will be a separate project in due course once there are enough profiles to warrant it.
See also
The Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) - British Casualties
On 11 October 1899, the second Boer War broke out after Britain rejected the Transvaal ultimatum giving the British an ultimatum (Oct. 9, 1899) demanding the withdrawal of British troop reinforcements that had been sent to the Cape. The ultimatum had demanded that all disputes between the two states be settled by arbitration; that British troops on the borders be withdrawn; and that troops bound for South Africa by ship should not disembark.
The Orange Free State joined the Transvaal in accordance with the alliance of 1897. In the course of the war, the British Army was reinforced by volunteer contingents from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Cape Colony and Natal.
See also Anglo Boere Oorlog/Boer War (1899-1902) and Anglo Boere Oorlog/Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) - Boers
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Officers
( Field Marshal, General, Lieutenant-General, Major-General, Brigadier, Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel, Major, Captain, Lieutenant, Second Lieutenant, Officer Cadet)
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- Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby GCB, GCMG, GCVO
- Captain Barnett Dyer Lempriere Gray Anley 22 August 1873 Commander – 3rd Mounted Infantry
- Lieut-Colonel William Anstruther-Gray FSA JP DL
- Lance Sergeant Arrowsmith no 3952 Suffolk Regiment - Suffolk Hill - Colesberg
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- Lt.-Gen. Sir James Melville Babington, KCB, KCMG
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
- Lieutenant Robert Walter Maxwell Brine 1875 - 23 November 1899 (Battle of Belmont) -Age: 24 - Regiment: 1/Northumberland Fusiliers
- Lieutenant Colonel George Elliot Benson 1861 - 30 October 1901 – Battle of Bakenlaagte
- General Sir James Frederick Noel Birch KCB KCMG
- Lt.-Col. John Hutton Bisdee, VC, OBE
- Lt.-Col. Arthur Drummond Borton, VC, CMG, DSO
- Thomas Allnutt Brassey, 2nd Earl Brassey
- George Brudenell-Bruce, 6th Marquess of Ailesbury
- Lieutenant General Sir Edward Stanislaus Bulfin KCB CVO
- Redvers Henry Buller, VC GCB GCMG
- Major Frederick Russell "Fred" Burnham ("The King of Scouts")
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- Lieutenant S G Carey Suffolk Regiment - Suffolk Hill Colesberg
- Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
- Rupert Carington, 4th Baron Carrington, CVO
- Maj.-Gen. Charles Compton William Cavendish, 3rd Baron Chesham
- Major General Sir Edward Chaytor KCMG, KCVO, CB
- Field Marshal Philip Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley, GCB, OM, GCSI, KCMG, DSO
- George Cholmondeley, 5th Marquess of Cholmondeley
- Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Brig.-Gen. Henry Clifford, DSO
- Lieutenant-General Sir Alfred Edward Codrington GCVO KCB
- Captain Charles Welman Collins 1872 - 14 November 1901 Signalling Officer – Cheshire Regiment
- General Sir Walter Norris Congreve, VC, KCB, MVO
- Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith PC
- Admiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan, 1st Baronet KCB, DSO & Bar, MVO
- Major General Charles Frederick Cox CB, CMG, DSO, VD
- Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope
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- John James Dalrymple, 12th Earl of Stair
- Major George Victor Dauglish The Buffs Commander – 2nd Buffs
- Lieut-Col. William Henry Dick-Cunyngham, VC
- Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Macpherson Dobell KCB CMG DSO
- Major General Charles William Drury CB
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- Captain Edward Boaz Eagar 1860 - 23 November 1899 (Battle of Belmont) - Age: 39 - Regiment: 1/Northumberland Fusiliers
- John Francis Granville Scrope Egerton 4th Earl of Ellesmere
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- Arthur William de Brito Savile Foljambe, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, GCB, GCMG, GBE, MVO
- Bernard Arthur William Patrick Hastings Forbes, 8th Earl Of Granard
- Capt. Sir Thomas Fowler 2nd Bt.
- Simon Joseph Fraser, 14th Baron Lovat
- Field Marshal Sir John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP GCB OM GCVO KCMG PC
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- Hon. Auckland Campbell Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes of Rolvenden
- Colonel Hon. Maurice Raymond Gifford, C.M.G
- Leopold Guy Francis Maynard Greville, 6th Earl of Warwick
- General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough, GCB, GCMG, KCVO
- Brigadier General Sir John Edmond Gough, VC, KCB, CMG
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- Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC
- Archibald Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Earl of Ava
- Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
- General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton GCB GCMG DSO TD
- Lieutenant General Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon KCB
- Sir Patrick Gardiner Hastings KC
- General Sir Henry Hildyard GCB
- Walter Patrick Hore-Ruthven, 10th Lord Ruthven of Freeland
- Brigadier General Edmund John Phipps Hornby VC, CB, CMG, DL
- General Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne GCB, KCMG
- Charles Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle
- Surgeon-Captain Matthew Louis Hughes LRCP, MRCS, DPH
- Sir Samuel Hughes, KCB, PC
- Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston KCB DSO GStJ
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- John Bell Kelly Lieutenant 1869 - 30 October 1901 (Battle of Bakenlaagte) - Age: 31, Address: Victoria, Australia, Unit: 2nd Scottish Horse
- George Kemp, 1st Baron Rochdale
- Brigadier General Paul Aloysius Kenna VC DSO
- Lt.-Col. Arnold Allen Cecil Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle
- Field Marshal The 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, KG
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- The Venerable Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan TD
- Lieutenant General Sir Sidney Lawford
- Richard Thompson Lawley, 4th Baron Wenlock
- Michael William Howard Lindsay Captain 1872 - 30 October 1901 (Battle of Bakenlaagte) - Age: 29 - Unit: 2nd Scottish Horse
- Captain Arthur Athelwold Lloyd 1864 – Northamptonshire Regiment
- Captain Thomas Henry Eyre Lloyd 1871 - 30 October 1901 Assistant Staff Officer – Coldstream Guards – Battle of Bakenlaagte
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- Brigadier General Walter Long CMG, DSO
- Major General Sir Henry Timson Lukin KCB, CMG, DSO
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- Lt.-Gen. Sir Charles Toler MacMorrough Kavanagh
- General Sir Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet, GCMG, KCB, PC (Ire)
- Colonel Sir Ernest Makins, KBE, CB, DSO
- Brigadier-General Sir Edward Le Marchant, 4th Baronet, KCB, CBE
- Colonel Sir Percival Scope Marling, 3rd Bt., V.C.
- Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude KCB, CMG, DSO
- Lieut.-Col. Francis Aylmer Maxwell, VC
- Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae, MD
- Arthur Vesey Meade, 5th Earl of Clanwilliam MC
- Maj. Matthew Fontaine Meiklejohn, VC
- Maj. Gen Charles Theophilus Evelyn Metcalfe
- Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen, GCB, GCMG, GCVO
- Field Marshal George Francis Milne, 1st Baron Milne, GCB, GCMG, DSO
- Alexander Bonthrone Morgan, Sergeant
- Sergeant E Morgan Suffolk Regiment - Suffolk Hill - Colesberg
- Alexander Murray, 8th Earl of Dunmore, VC
- General Sir Archibald James Murray, GCB, GCMG, CVO, DSO
- General Sir James Wolfe Murray, KCB
- Major Frederick Dymoke Murray 1872 - 30 October 1901 Commander – 2nd Scottish Horse – Battle of Bakenlaagte
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- Lieutenant-General Sir John Eccles Nixon
- Maj Gen Sir Edward Northey GCMG, CB
- Sir John Norton-Griffiths, 1st Baronet
- Capt. John Norwood, VC
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- Captain Richard Peirse 1860-1940, Commanded the HMS Dido (1896)
- Guardsman Robert George Perkins 1876 - 23 November 1899 (Battle of Belmont)
- Age: 23
- Regiment: 1st Scotts Guards
- Captain Alfred Durham Plomer 1868 - 29 August 1900 (Battle of Bergendal)
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- General Henry Seymour Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, GCB, GCSI, GCVO, KCMG
- Colonel Francis William Rhodes, CB, DSO
- Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts VC
- Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, VC, PC, KP, GCB
- Major Charles Legge Eustace Robertson-Eustace 1867 - 1908 Commander – 25th Mounted Infantry
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- Colonel Aubrey Woolls-Sampson Intelligence – Imperial Light Horse
- Captain Albert Savory 1878 - 23 August 1900 (Battle of Bergendal)
- Charles Arthur Julian Sharman (1874-1928)
born in Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire, Engl. on 6 April 1874 and studied architecture in England and in Zurich, Switzerland. He served with an English regiment in the Boer War, then emigrated to Canada in 1901. He was an active architect in Canada from 1908, designing several commercial, ecclesiastical and residential works for leading citizens of Red Deer including several buildings for Leonard Gaetz.
- General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien GCB, GCMG, DSO, ADC
- Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
- Major General Sir Samuel Benfield Steele, KCMG, CB, MVO]
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- Colonel Sir Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet
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- Captain Ronald James Vernon - 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
- Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein
- George Vivian, 4th Baron Vivian
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- Lieutenant Colonel A G Watson Suffolk Regiment Suffolk Hill - Colesberg
- Lieutenant C A Whik Suffolk Regiment - Suffolk Hill - Colesberg
- General Sir Cyril White KCB, KCMG, KCVO, DSO
- Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White, VC, GCMG, GCVO
- Lieutenant Adjutant F A P Wilkins Suffolk Regiment - Suffolk Hill Colesberg
- Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson, KCB, KCMG
- Lt. Charles Carroll Wood (Canadian Army)
- Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood VC, GCB, GCMG
British Women who were involved in the Anglo Boer War
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References and Sources
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/boer_wars_01.shtml
- http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Boer/
- http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/index.html
Officer Ranks
The rank system forms the backbone of the Army's structure and it defines a soldier or officer's role and degree of responsibility. Soldiers and Officers have different rank systems. Broadly speaking, officers have more leadership duties. However many Officers start off as soldiers, before gaining their commission.
● Officer Cadet This is the rank held during initial officer training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
● Second Lieutenant The first rank held on commissioning. It is normally held for up to 2 years, during which time they complete special to arms training relevant to their Corps. Afterwards they are responsible for leading up to 30 soldiers in a platoon or troop, both in training and on operations.
● Lieutenant Lieutenant is a rank typically held for up to 3 years. They normally command of a platoon or troop of around 30 soldiers, but with experience comes increased responsibilities. They also have the opportunity to gain specialised skills outside their unit.
● Captain Captains are normally made second-in-command of a sub-unit of up to 120 soldiers. They are key players in the planning and decision-making process, with tactical responsibility for operations on the ground as well as equipment maintenance, logistic support and manpower.
● Major Promotion to Major follows between 8-10 years service. Typically a Major will be given command of a sub-unit of up to 120 officers and soldiers with responsibility for their training, welfare and administration both in camp and on operations, as well as the management of their equipment.
● Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant Colonels typically command units of up to 650 soldiers, containing four or five sub-units. They are responsible for the overall operational effectiveness of their unit in terms of military capability, welfare and general discipline. Typically a two-year appointment.
● Colonel Colonels are not usually field commanders (except in the Royal Army Medical Corps) - typically they serve as staff officers between field commands at battalion/brigade level. It is the lowest of the staff ranks and they are the principal operational advisors to senior officers.
● Brigadier (aka 1 star) Brigadier is not considered to be a General Officer rank by the British Army but rather a Field officer rank. Brigadiers can command a brigade or be a director of operational capability groups such as a director of staff.
● Major General (aka 2 star) Major Generals command formations of division size and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and hold senior staff appointments in the Ministry of Defence and other headquarters.
● Lieutenant General (aka 3 star) Lieutenant Generals command formations of Corps size and other commands in the UK and overseas, and hold very senior staff appointments in the Ministry of Defence and other headquarters.
● General (aka 4 star)
Generals hold the most senior appointments - such as the Chief of Defence Staff, Vice Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of the General Staff, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and Commander in Chief Land Forces.
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- Anglo Boer War (1899-1902) - British Armed Forces dedicated to the lower ranks of the British Armed Forces
- British Casualties
- New Zealand Soldiers
- Canadian Soldiers