4855 Lance Corporal M Till, 2nd Battalion the (Prince of Wales's Own) West Yorkshire Regiment. He deployed to South Africa with his battalion for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Roslin Castle on 19 Oct 1899, and arrived at the Cape about 8 Nov 1899 and at Durban about the 11 Nov 1899. Along with the 2nd Queen's, 2nd Devons, and 2nd East Surrey, they formed the 2nd Brigade under Major General Hildyard. They were part of the Ladysmith relief force. They fought at Willow Grange on 23 Nov 1899 (10 killed, 50 wounded), at the battle of Colenso on 15 Dec 1899, at Venter's Spruit on 21 Jan 1899 and at Vaal Krantz on 7 Feb 1900. LCpl Till was wounded in action on about 27 Feb 1900 at Railway Hill/Pieter's Hill during the battle of Tugela Heights 14-27 Feb 1900, the battle leading to the breakthrough to Ladysmith. The battalion was constantly in the thickest, including their attacks on Monte Cristo and Railway Hill (Captain Conwyn Mansell-Jones was awarded the VC). He died from his wounds more than 2 months later at No 4 General Hospital, Mooi River, Natal. He was buried in the Mooi River Garden of Remembrance, Natal. He is also commemorated on a Boer War memorial in the Mooi River Garden of Remembrance and on the (Prince of Wales's Own) West Yorkshire Regiment Boer War memorial in the West Yorkshire Regiment Chapel, York Minster, York, North Yorkshire, England (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30631).
Date of death recorded as 8 May 1900 by In Memoriam by S Watt and 9 May 1900 on the Natal Field Force Casualty Roll (page 68 line 30).
Date of death recorded as 8 May 1900 by In Memoriam by S Watt and 9 May 1900 on the Natal Field Force Casualty Roll (page 68 line 30).
4855 Lance Corporal M Till, 2nd Battalion the (Prince of Wales's Own) West Yorkshire Regiment. He deployed to South Africa with his battalion for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Roslin Castle on 19 Oct 1899, and arrived at the Cape about 8 Nov 1899 and at Durban about the 11 Nov 1899. Along with the 2nd Queen's, 2nd Devons, and 2nd East Surrey, they formed the 2nd Brigade under Major General Hildyard. They were part of the Ladysmith relief force. They fought at Willow Grange on 23 Nov 1899 (10 killed, 50 wounded), at the battle of Colenso on 15 Dec 1899, at Venter's Spruit on 21 Jan 1899 and at Vaal Krantz on 7 Feb 1900. LCpl Till was wounded in action on about 27 Feb 1900 at Railway Hill/Pieter's Hill during the battle of Tugela Heights 14-27 Feb 1900, the battle leading to the breakthrough to Ladysmith. The battalion was constantly in the thickest, including their attacks on Monte Cristo and Railway Hill (Captain Conwyn Mansell-Jones was awarded the VC). He died from his wounds more than 2 months later at No 4 General Hospital, Mooi River, Natal. He was buried in the Mooi River Garden of Remembrance, Natal. He is also commemorated on a Boer War memorial in the Mooi River Garden of Remembrance and on the (Prince of Wales's Own) West Yorkshire Regiment Boer War memorial in the West Yorkshire Regiment Chapel, York Minster, York, North Yorkshire, England (see: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/30631).
Date of death recorded as 8 May 1900 by In Memoriam by S Watt and 9 May 1900 on the Natal Field Force Casualty Roll (page 68 line 30).
Date of death recorded as 8 May 1900 by In Memoriam by S Watt and 9 May 1900 on the Natal Field Force Casualty Roll (page 68 line 30).
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