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From: "Tombi Peck" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] Boer War - Nesbitts Horse - B Part 4
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 20:26:11 -0000
References: <BAY128-F25A30DD44DD75BD3460BBDC7DD0@phx.gbl>


Looks as though I may have found some more to add to my file. Once again,
many thanks.
Groete,
Tombi Peck
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From: "R Wat" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 7:04 PM
Subject: [ZA-EC] Boer War - Nesbitts Horse - B Part 4


>
> These are extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/95 for the Boer War
> service records for selected names starting with B for the NESBITTS HORSE.
> There were a variety of standard forms and also many sections of the forms
> were not completed. As a result the details included vary.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Rowena
>
>
> Arthur Ashworth BRAAF [BRADLEY]
> Age: 38, Trade: Engineer & Surveyor
> Previous service: Imperial Volunteer as Lieutenant 2nd Derby
> Address: Adelaide
> Enlisted: 18 Jan 1900 Adelaide
>
> Ashton Seymour BRADFIELD
> Age: 22, Trade: Clerk
> Previous service: T T Town Guard
> Address: Clumber
> Enlisted: Bathurst 17 May 1900
>
> Benjamin BRADFIELD
> Age: 49, Trade: Farmer
> Previous service: Sp Cape Police
> Address: Grahamstown
> Enlisted: Grahamstown 23 Dec 1899
>
> Edmund BRADFIELD
> Age: 50, Trade: Farmer
> Previous service: Clumber Volunteers
> Address: Trapps Valley
> Enlisted: Bathurst 29 Dec 1899
>
> Edmund George BRADFIELD
> Age: 18, Trade: Farmer, No previous service
> Address: Clumber
> Enlisted: Bathurst 22 Feb 1900
>
> John BRADFIELD
> Reg. no. 20
> Died 8 Oct 1900
> Age: 21, Trade: Farming
> No previous service
> Address: Grahamstown
> Enlisted: Grahamstown 28 Dec 1899
>
> John Owen BRADFIELD
> Age: 19, Trade: Farmer, No previous service
> Address: Trapp's Valley
> Enlisted: Bathurst 29 Dec 1899
>
> Joshua Davies BRADFIELD
> Age: 18, Trade: Farmer, No previous service
> Address: Martindale
> Enlisted: Elephant Park 13 Feb 1900
>
> Melville BRADFIELD
> Age: 19, Trade: Farmer
> Previous service: Colesberg Cadet Corps
> Address: c/o W S Ainslie, Spring Grove, Corrie
> Business address: Bedford
> Enlisted: Bedford 29 Jan 1900
>
> Richard BRADFIELD
> Age: 53, Trade: Farmer
> Previous service: Kaffir War
> Address: Martindale
> Enlisted: Bathurst 6 Mar 1900
>
> Stephen Bertram BRADFIELD
> Age: 38, Trade: Farmer, No previous service
> Address: Clumber
> Enlisted: Bathurst 6 Mar 1900
>
> Thomas Tarr BRADFIELD
> Age: 18, Trade: Apprenticed saddler
> Previous service: Nesbitts Horse
> Mother: S Bradfield, High St, Grahamstown
> Enlisted: Bedford 27 Dec 1901
> Reg. no. 1548
> Posted to: Hd Quarters Grahamstown
>
> Thomas Tarr BRADFIELD
> Age: 17, Trade: None
> Previous service: First City Volunteers
> Address: c/o B Bradfield, High St, G Town
> Enlisted: Grahamstown 1 Jun 1901
>
> Frank BRADFORD
> Age: 49, Trade: Bookkeeper, No previous service
> Address: Fort Beaufort
> Enlisted: Fort Beaufort 9 Feb 1900
>
> Frank BRADFORD
> Age: 48, Trade: Clerk, No previous service
> Address: Fort Beaufort
> Enlisted: Fort Beaufort 30 Dec 1899
>
> William Robert BRADLEY
> Age: 20, Trade: Blacksmith (is an apprentice)
> No previous service
> Address: Pearston
> Enlisted: Somerset East 2 Mar 1900
>
> William Robert BRADLEY
> Age: 21, Trade: Blacksmith (Not an apprentice)
> Previous service: Nesbitts Horse
> Address: Pearston
> Enlisted: Pearston 7 Jan 1901
>
> Augustine Raphael BRADY
> Reg. no. 20967
> Born: Fort Beaufort
> Previous service: 13 months 1 City of Grahamstown
> Enlisted: Port Elizabeth 31 Jan 1901
> Age: 43, Nationality: Irish, Trade: Accountant
> Sister: Mrs J S Ridgway, Maseru, Basutoland
> Single
>
> John BREHANY
> Dismounted corps
> Age: 34, Trade: Clerk
> No previous service
> Address: Grahamstown
> Enlisted: Grahamstown 25 Jun 1900
>
> Charles Robert BRENT
> Age: 45, Trade: Farmer
> Previous service: Civil Service
> Address: Grahamstown
> Enlisted: Grahamstown 7 Sep 1900
>
> Charles R BRENT
> Age: 45, Trade: Farmer
> Previous service: Sergeant Nesbitts Horse, Cape Police
> Wife: Mrs Brent, Hodges St, Grahamstown
> Enlisted: Grahamstown 30 Dec 1901
> Re enlisted: Grahamstown 1 Jul 1902
> Reg. no. 1509
>
> Charles Robert BRENT Jun
> Age: 20, Trade: Salesman
> Previous service: 13 months 1st City, 12 months Nesbitts Horse
> Father: Charles Robert Brent, Hodges St
> Enlisted: Grahamstown 10 Jan 1902
> Reg. no. 1624
> Re enlisted: Grahamstown 7 Jul 1902 when aged 21 years and Trade: Clerk
>
> Charles Robert BRENT jun
> Substitute for Sergt Walton transferred to Mounted Corps
> Age: 20, Trade: Grocer
> Previous service: 1st City Volunteers
> Address: G Town
> Enlisted: Grahamstown 4 Dec 1900
>
> Thomas Henry BRENT
> Age: 26, Trade: Steward
> Previous service: Nesbitts Horse
> Business address: Drostdy Barracks
> Wife: Mrs Brent, Beaufort St, Grahamstown
> Enlisted: Grahamstown 31 Dec 1901
> Re enlisted: At 27 years old Grahamstown 1 Jul 1901
> Re enlisted: At 27 years old Grahamstown 1 Jul 1902
> Reg. no. 1526
>
> Thomas Henry BRENT
> Dismounted corps
> Age: 24, Trade: Steward
> Previous service: 1st City Volunteers
> Address: G Town
> Enlisted: Grahamstown 10 Jan 1901
>
> William John BRENTON
> Reg. no. 33038
> Born: Cornwall, England
> Previous service: 3 months Imperial Yeomanry
> Enlisted: Port Elizabeth 29 Apr 1901
> Age: 33, Nationality: English, Trade: Miner
> Mother: Mary Ann Brenton, 51 Planquary, Redruth, Cornwall
> Single
>
> Thomas Joseph BRICK
> Age: 35, Trade: Mechanic
> Previous service: First City Volunteers Grahamstown, Eight years, Bugler
> Address: Bedford
> Enlisted: Bedford 23 Jan 1900
>
> Walter H BRINK
> Reg. no. 15
> Age: 28, Trade: Farmer
> Address: Highlands Station
> Enlisted: Grahamstown 28 Dec 1899
>
> William BRITTIAN
> Age: 29, Trade: Baker
> Previous service: 14 Battery RA, Nesbitts Horse
> Address: G Rensberg, Alicedale
> Aunt: M Flannigin, Port Elizabeth
> Enlisted: Grahamstown 12 Apr 1902
> Reg. no. 1847
>
> William BRITTIAN
> Age: 29, Trade: Baker
> Previous service: DMT
> Address: Uitenhage
> Enlisted: Sandflats 7 Oct 1901
>
> Bertram Cuthbert BROLI
> Reg. no. 22076
> Age: 21, Nationality: British, Trade: Clerk
> Enlisted: 29 Nov 1901/00
> Re enlisted Graaff Reinet 21 Jun 1901
> Father: Charles Robert Broli, Adelaide
> Single
>
> Bertram Cuthbert BROLI
> Age: 20, Trade: House painter, No previous service
> Address: Bedford
> Enlisted: Bedford 9 Feb 1900
>
> Charles Robert BROLI
> Age: 52, Trade: Farmer
> Previous service: Adelaide Cavalry in Kaffir War 1878
> Address: Adelaide
> Enlisted: Adelaide 10 Feb 1900
>
> Joachim Peter BROLI
> Age: 31, Trade: Farmer
> Previous service: Cadets Corps at Bedford
> Address: Bedford
> Enlisted: Bedford 16 Jan 1900
>
> William Edward Ripon? BROLI
> Age: 24, Trade: Farmer
> Previous service: Cape Police 2 years 265 days
> Address: Pearston
> Enlisted: Pearston 20 Feb 1901 for 3 months on Somerset East
>
>
>


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