11060 Shoeing Smith A Byford, 63rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. The battery lost its guns on the ship Ismore that was transporting them to South Africa, when it struck a reef north of Cape Town. The battery was re-equipped in time to take part in the operations about Spion Kop 23-24 Jan 1999, Vaal Krantz 5-7 Feb 1900 and Tugela Heights 14-28 Feb 1900 leading to the relief of Ladysmith. Shoeing Smith Byford died of enteric fever (typhoid) at the Convent Hospital/7 General Hospital, Estcourt, Natal. He is also commemorated on the Royal Artillery Boer War memorial on the corner of Horse Guards Parade and the Mall, at the north-east corner of St James Park, London, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/112037).
11060 Shoeing Smith A Byford, 63rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery. The battery lost its guns on the ship Ismore that was transporting them to South Africa, when it struck a reef north of Cape Town. The battery was re-equipped in time to take part in the operations about Spion Kop 23-24 Jan 1999, Vaal Krantz 5-7 Feb 1900 and Tugela Heights 14-28 Feb 1900 leading to the relief of Ladysmith. Shoeing Smith Byford died of enteric fever (typhoid) at the Convent Hospital/7 General Hospital, Estcourt, Natal. He is also commemorated on the Royal Artillery Boer War memorial on the corner of Horse Guards Parade and the Mall, at the north-east corner of St James Park, London, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/112037).
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