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From: "Theo Penhallurick" <>
Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Pte Lane 1st West Yorks
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 10:55:37 -0000
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Many thanks to David, Iain and John for their replies to my posting. I'll
re check the memorial, just in case I got anything wrong (e.g. the 2nd Bn
instead of the 1st) and will try the lady in SA you suggested, John.

Theo

----- Original Message -----
From: David Humphry <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2001 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Pte Lane 1st West Yorks


> Hello Theo,
>
> There were 17 men called Lane who died during the Boer War but none from
the
> West Yorks. Sometimes memorial details are incorrect and although 2/West
> Yorks were heavily involved in the war, the 1st battalion were not in SA
as
> a unit. The likleiest match would therefore be 2999 Pte. H.J. Lane 1st
> battalion Yorkshire Regiment who died of disease at Bloemfontein 29/5/1900
> and is buried at President Brand Cemetery in Bloemfontein. No individual
> grave marker survives but his name is on the cemetery memorial.
>
> Regards,
>
> David
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Theo Penhallurick <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 6:20 PM
> Subject: [BOER-WAR] Pte Lane 1st West Yorks
>
>
> >
> > Any information on this man would be appreciated. He was killed in
the
> Boer War, was a native of Langley Mill, Notts and I think worked for the
> Midland Railway Company. He is commemorated on a memorial at Derby
Station.
> Unfortunately, it does not list his first initial.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Theo Penhallurick
>
>
>
>
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