5151 Private J Broderick, 2nd Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers. The Battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Norman on 2 Dec 1900, arriving at the Cape about 19 Dec 1900 and was sent round to Durban. Along with the 2nd King's Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1st South Lancashire Regiment, and the 1st York and Lancaster Regiment, they formed the 11th Brigade under Major General Woodgate, part of the Ladysmith relief force. They fought in the actions about Venter's Spruit on the 19-21 Jan 1900 and on 23 Jan 1900 they attacked Spion Kop (43 killed, over 100 wounded). Private Broderick was captured during the operations around Spion Kop and was held in Waterval POW Camp in Pretoria. He died of enteric fever (typhoid) in Waterval POW Camp. He was probably initially buried at Waterval North. His remains were later reinterred at Petronella Military Cemetery, about 25km North of Pretoria. He is also commemorated on the Lancashire Fusiliers Boer War memorial in Whitehead Gardens, Knowsley Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/153138/).
5151 Private J Broderick, 2nd Battalion the Lancashire Fusiliers. The Battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Norman on 2 Dec 1900, arriving at the Cape about 19 Dec 1900 and was sent round to Durban. Along with the 2nd King's Royal Lancaster Regiment, 1st South Lancashire Regiment, and the 1st York and Lancaster Regiment, they formed the 11th Brigade under Major General Woodgate, part of the Ladysmith relief force. They fought in the actions about Venter's Spruit on the 19-21 Jan 1900 and on 23 Jan 1900 they attacked Spion Kop (43 killed, over 100 wounded). Private Broderick was captured during the operations around Spion Kop and was held in Waterval POW Camp in Pretoria. He died of enteric fever (typhoid) in Waterval POW Camp. He was probably initially buried at Waterval North. His remains were later reinterred at Petronella Military Cemetery, about 25km North of Pretoria. He is also commemorated on the Lancashire Fusiliers Boer War memorial in Whitehead Gardens, Knowsley Street, Bury, Greater Manchester, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/153138/).
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