ROYAL PATRIOTIC FUND
RETURN for the Account of the net moneys or securities paid over or transferred to the commissioners of the Royal Patriotic Fund on behalf of and for the relief of the families or near dependents, of the Officers and Men of Her Majesty’s Forces, including the Colonial troops, who have lost their lives in, or in consequence of, the war operations in South Africa.
Dated 14th December 1900; Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be printed 10th May 1901.
The following information has been transcribed from British Parliamentary papers, owned by the Webmaster; it has been transcribed by me, verbatim. I have proof read several times, but as always I would be happy to accept any reasonable requests to re-check my transcribing. No other information is given.
TRANSVAAL WAR FUND - For WIDOWS, ORPHANS AND OTHER DEPENDENTS OF OFFICERS OR MEN, BRITISH OR COLONIAL FORCES, WHO LOSE THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR WITH THE BOARS.
* Asterisk entered but no reason why.
*** Not a 'typo' as shown
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| SURNAME OF HUSBAND, FATHER, OR DECEASED | GIVEN NAME | RANK | NAME OF WIDOW | NAMES OF CHILDREN | CHILDREN'S DATE OF BIRTH |
| MIDDLETON | William | Sergt. | Jane Chambers MIDDLETON | William | 9th May 1899 |
| TRAYNOR | James | Corpl. | Mary TRAYNOR | James | 1st February 1899 |
| RAFFAN | John Smith | Sergt. | Mary Ann RAFFAN | Thomas Henry Beathe | 12th February 1893 |
| John | 8th August 1894 | ||||
| William | 1st September 1895 | ||||
| Jane Ann | 20th February 1897 | ||||
| Jessie | 12th January 1899 | ||||
| AGG | Martin | Sergt. | Mary AGG | Martin Reginald | 27th February 1899 |
| CHADWICK | John Thomas | Pte. | Mary CHADWICK | Jessie | 10th July 1898 |
| WILSON | William | Corpl. | Mary Ann WILSON | - | - |
| OGLE | William | Pte. | Sarah OGLE | Elizabeth Violet | 19th March 1899 |
| GOODSON | Joseph | Pte. | Elizabeth Constance GOODSON | - | - |
| CARTY | James Michael | Pte. | Louisa Annie CARTY | James Henry | 29th April 1897 |
| Florence | 18th October 1898 | ||||
| LYNN | James | Pte. | Sarah Ann LYNN | Hilda Kathleen | 8th February 1896 |
| Nora Elsie | 17th May 1898 | ||||
| Winifred | 25th December 1899 | ||||
| FELTHAM | Arthur Henry | Pte. | Annie FELTHAM | - | - |
| WATMUFF | Frank | Lce.-Sergt. | Charlotte WATMUFF | - | - |
| BOWER | John Thomas | Pte. | Beatrice BOWER | - | - |
| MITCHELL | William | Pte. | Jessie Ellen MITCHELL | George William | 21st April 1894 |
| Alexander | 15th March 1896 | ||||
| Donald Noel | 20th December 1897 | ||||
| GOSLING | Fred | Pte. | Edith Maria GOSLING | Elsie Platts | 8th January 1897 |
| Frank Cyril | 16th July 1899 | ||||
| REEVES | Francis Edward | Pte. | Frances REEVES | - | - |
| HUNTER | Henry George | Pte. | Harriet HUNTER | Ellen Rose | 10th February 1899 |
| LEWINS | Joseph | Pte. | Rose Kate LEWINS | - | - |
| BRADSHAW | Charles Henry | Pte. | Mary Emily BRADSHAW | - | - |
| MORGAN | William John | Pte. | Jane MORGAN | - | - |
| SMITH | John | Pte. | Mary SMITH | John James | 28th October 1886 |
| Mary Jane | 27th April 1888 | ||||
| Hannah | 14th October 1889 | ||||
| Rachel Violet | 25th February 1891 | ||||
| Lily | 23rd April 1895 | ||||
| Christopher C. | 22nd July 1899 | ||||
| ROSE | Edward Percy | Corpl. | Jessie Clara ROSE | - | - |
| WATKIN | Thomas | Pte. | Ellen Amelia WATKIN | Gertrude Maud | 30th January 1896 |
| Annie Ellen | 20th March 1898 | ||||
| Thomas Albert | 2nd June 1900 | ||||
| GODLIMAN | Thomas James | Pte. | Martha GODLIMAN | Violet Margaret | 11th March 1898 |
| George Henry | 14th January 1900 | ||||
| MORRELL | George | Pte. | Alice Ann MORRELL | Alice May | 7th March 1892 |
| Frederick George | 9th January 1894 | ||||
| Elsie Maud | 20th September 1895 | ||||
| Laurence Cecil | 4th June 1899 | ||||
| HAMILTON | John | Sergt. | Ellen HAMILTON | - | - |
| STONE | George Henry | Pte. | Martha Anne STONE | George | 11th June 1899 |
| HOPE | David Wylie | Col. Sergt. | Margaret Elizabeth HOPE | Mary | 25th December 1895 |
| Robert | 26th January 1897 | ||||
| David | 4th September 1899 | ||||
| HOLMES | Robert Henry | Lce. Sergt. | Annie HOLMES | Olivia Gladys | 1st October 1898 |
| BARBER | Alfred | Sergt. | Agnes Cecilia BARBER | - | - |
| KITCHEN | William | Pte. | Isabella Jamison Lowe KITCHEN | - | - |
| PAGAN | Thomas | Corpl. | Sarah Ann PAGAN | Thomas | 19th January 1900 |
| BAKER | Arthur Edward | Pte. | Jessie BAKER | William | 28th July 1893 |
| Arthur | 27th November 1899 | ||||
| MCCLAIR | William | Pte. | Martha Jane MCCLAIR | - | - |
| TOBIN | Peter | Pte. | Margaret Ann TOBIN | - | - |
| WILKINS | James Hayes | Sapper | Kathleen WILKINS | James | 1st March 1900 |
| EDWARDS | Harry Clarence | Col. Sergt. | Ada Emma EDWARDS | Herbert | 7th June 1897 |
| Edna May | 13th September 1899 | ||||
| TWIGG | Henry William | Pte. | Elizabeth TWIGG | Charles Henry | 22nd May 1899 |
| MANKTELOW | Henry Thomas | Pte. | Adelaide Louisa MANKTELOW | Adelaide | 18th October 1899 |
| PALMER | Wreyford J. | Sergt. | Annie Marian PALMER | Alfred Samuel | 12th September 1892 |
| CARPENTER | William Daniel | Sergt. | Mary Ann CARPENTER | William | 28th August 1888 |
| Gertrude Maud | 6th February 1890 | ||||
| Alfred Arthur | 4th October 1891 | ||||
| Sydney Mark | 28th April 1897 | ||||
| Charles Conway | 8th September 1898 | ||||
| MATTHEWS | Thomas | Pte. | Martha E. MATTHEWS | - | - |
| NEILSON | Edward | Pte. | Mary E. NEILSON | - | - |
| SHELDON | Joseph E.B. | Pte. | Mary Elizabeth SHELDON | James | 7th November 1898 |
| CROSS | Edward | Corpl. | Mary CROSS | Joseph William | 21st September 1899 |
| MANSFIELD | William | Pte. | Bridget MANSFIELD | William | 19th April 1898 |
| Constance | 5th June 1900 | ||||
| GILES | George | Pte. | Agnes GILES | - | - |
| MILNE | David E. | Pte. | Margaret MILNE | Elizabeth | 7th May 1899 |
| ANDERSON | Daniel McKay | Pte. | Jane ANDERSON | - | - |
| HAMILTON | James | Pte. | Mary HAMILTON | Mary Ann | 24th September 1899 |
| MORRIS | Edward | Pte. | Hannah MORRIS | Abigail | 30th October 1891 |
| MATTHEW | William | Lce.Sergt. | Jessie MATTHEW | Wilhenina | 29th April 1900 |
| SMITH | William Edgar | Sergt. | Mary SMITH | - | - |
| TAYLOR | William Charles | Pte. | Sarah Jane TAYLOR | Isabella Susan | 7th September 1900 |
| ENOCK | Emmanuel | Pte. | Mary Ann ENOCK | Florence | 25th July 1897 |
| CRONIN | John Patrick | Corpl. | Naomi May CRONIN | Thomas Charles | 12th January 1898 |
| Constance Annie | 5th July 1900 | ||||
| AMNER | John Samuel | Sergt. | Lucy Elizabeth AMNER | Alice May | 25th April 1898 |
| DOBBIN | Stephen | Lce. Corpl. | Mary DOBBIN | William | 6th July 1896 |
| Charles | 20th May 1899 | ||||
| WILLIAMS | Frederick | Pte. | Nellie WILLIAMS | Frederick | 2nd August 1900 |
| KELLY | Thomas | Lce. Corpl. | Isabella KELLY | William | 8th July 1899 |
| SMITH | William | Pte. | Margaret SMITH | - | - |
| KINCAID | David | Pte. | Annie KINCAID | William | 14th April 1896 |
| BOURKE | Thomas Lucas | Lce. Corpl. | Mary Agnes BOURKE | Thomas C. | 29th June 1900 |
| MCGHEE | Jeremiah | Sergt. | Susan MCGHEE | - | - |
| IRELAND | John | Sergt. | Margaret IRELAND | John | 26th May 1900 |
| JOHNSON | Frank | Pte. | Louisa F. JOHNSON | Jessie | 24th March 1900 |
| WILLS | Robert James | Pte. | Agnes WILLS | Robert | 1894 |
| William | 1897 | ||||
| Gwendoline | 1899 | ||||
| TURNBULL | George | Pte. | Helen Wood TURNBULL | - | - |
| THOMPSON | James Alexander | Sergt. | Annie THOMPSON | James | 31st August 1897 |
| Alexander | 19th August 1899 | ||||
| BARRON | John | Pte. | Mary Jane BARRON | - | - |
| ANDERSON | James | Pte. | Mary ANDERSON | Georgina | 16th April 1898 |
| MCKENNA | Terrance | Pte. | Mary Ann MCKENNA | Sarah Ann | 9th February 1899 |
| PARLAND | John James | Corpl. | Sarah Annie PARLAND | - | - |
| SPROUL | Thomas Pattison | Pte. | Georgina SPROUL | Thomas | 1st March 1900 |
| MURRANT | William | Pte. | Emily MURRANT | John | 28th February 1897 |
| Catherine | 22nd December 1898 | ||||
| DOCHERTY | John | Pte. | Margaret DOCHERTY | Margaret L. | 22nd August 1899 |
| SIMPSON | Henry McPeah | Pte. | Elizabeth SIMPSON | - | - |
| KELLY | Robert | Pte. | Mary KELLY | Francis | 28th February 1899 |
| KENNEDY | Matthew | Pte. | Sarah KENNEDY | John | 2nd August 1899 |
| WALLACE | John | Pte. | Ellen WALLACE | Mary Ann | 21st March 1900 |
| WHITE | Henry | Corpl. | Bessie WHITE | Eveline | 13th December 1896 |
| Madeline | 5th February 1899 | ||||
| GRAY*** | Beresford | Sergt. Mjr. | Mary Jane GREY*** | Edith | 11th August 1888 |
| Gertrude Amy | 1st December 1889 | ||||
| Beresford | 17th July 1891 | ||||
| Ernest | 25th December 1892 | ||||
| Ruth | 7th December 1899 | ||||
| KAVANAGH | Michael | Pte. | Annie Maria KAVANAGH | - | - |
| MCGREEL | John | Pte. | Elizabeth MCGREEL | William | 21st September 1891 |
| CARROLL | James | Pte. | Agnes CARROLL | James | 24th November 1899 |
| TUOHY | William | Pte. | Sophia TUOHY | - | - |
| MAGEE | Vernon Johnson | Col. Sergt. | Ethel May MAGEE | - | - |
| *HOWELL | Andrew James | Sergt. | Kathleen E. HOWELL | Evelyn Mary | 14th December 1899 |
| DEEVY | Patrick | Pte. | Amelia DEEVY | - | - |
| STEWART | David | Pte. | Sarah Jane STEWART | David James | 16th June 1897 |
| JOYCE | Christopher | Pte. | Mary Jane JOYCE | - | - |
| KEARNEY | Thomas | Pte. | Mary KEARNEY | - | - |
| DONNELLY | James | Pte. | Anne DONNELLY | Thomas | 5th September 1897 |
| James | 17th July 1899 | ||||
| GAGE | James Connolly Valentine | Col. Sergt. | Alice GAGE | Alice Joanna | 9th March 1897 |
| Violet Annie | 18th October 1898 | ||||
| Eileen | 9th December 1899 | ||||
| FLYNN | James | Sergt. | Eliza FLYNN | Agnes Eileen | 10th August 1899 |
| POTTER | William George | Pte. | Selina POTTER | Anna | 24th September 1894 |
| Olive Maud | 12th September 1896 | ||||
| Frederick | 15th June 1898 | ||||
| GRAHAM | Michael | Corpl. | Ellen GRAHAM | - | - |
| REID | James | Lce. Corpl. | Jessie REID | Katie | 28th October 1897 |
| James | 11th November 1899 | ||||
| ROSS | James | Pte. | Catherine ROSS | Catherine | 2nd February 1898 |
| James | 29th October 1899 | ||||
| FARRELL | Alexander R. | Pte. | Mary E. FARRELL | Alexander | 4th January 1900 |
| ALSOP | Charles Thomas | Sergt. | Ellen ALSOP | - | - |
| BAKER | Thomas | Driver | Mary BAKER | John | 31st December 1891 |
| Maud Mary | 12th October 1894 | ||||
| Sidney Francis | 26th October 1898 | ||||
| DUNNE | Jeremiah | Sergt. | Mary DUNNE | - | - |