Memorial to 4481 Private W (or H W) Acott, 1st Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment. The battalion was stationed at Allahabad in Northern India and was one of 4 battalions sent to South Africa between 16-30 Sep 1899 before the start of the Second Anglo Boer War. They landed at Durban and were deployed in the Ladysmith area in northern Natal. They were first engaged on 24 Oct 1899 at Rietfontein (8 killed and 57 wounded). On 30 Oct 1899 most of the battalion was part of a force sent out to secure Nicholson's Nek, but they were eventually surrounded by Boer forces and were forced to surrender (33 killed and over 80 wounded). The remainder of the battalion were in Ladysmith throughout the siege. Private Acott died from suffocation at the Intombi Military Hospital, Ladysmith. He was buried in the Intombi cemetery (see Find a Grave memorial 229531520). He is also commemorated on the Gloucestershire Regiment Boer War memorial in Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198503/).
Memorial to 4481 Private W (or H W) Acott, 1st Battalion the Gloucestershire Regiment. The battalion was stationed at Allahabad in Northern India and was one of 4 battalions sent to South Africa between 16-30 Sep 1899 before the start of the Second Anglo Boer War. They landed at Durban and were deployed in the Ladysmith area in northern Natal. They were first engaged on 24 Oct 1899 at Rietfontein (8 killed and 57 wounded). On 30 Oct 1899 most of the battalion was part of a force sent out to secure Nicholson's Nek, but they were eventually surrounded by Boer forces and were forced to surrender (33 killed and over 80 wounded). The remainder of the battalion were in Ladysmith throughout the siege. Private Acott died from suffocation at the Intombi Military Hospital, Ladysmith. He was buried in the Intombi cemetery (see Find a Grave memorial 229531520). He is also commemorated on the Gloucestershire Regiment Boer War memorial in Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/198503/).
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