Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
J. W. Bell
Commemorated ati
Willesden Boer War memorial
In 1997 someone saw this plaque and posted about it on an on-line forum, with...
Other Subjects
H. Arscott
Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Sapper Henry Arscott was born on 31 March 1881 in Hampstead, the younger son of William and Frances Arscott. His father was a house painter. The 1881...
General Sir Rufane Donkin, KCB, GCH
Served in India and South Africa. He named Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape after his wife, who had died in India, and built a pyramid-shaped memorial to her there. He returned to England and mar...
Alfred Maurice Toye, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25 March – 24 April 1918, age 20, while serving in the Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment). "On a number of occasions he seized the initiative and restore...
Staff Sergeant Roberts
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Staff Serjeant Charles Roberts was born on 25...
Joseph Frederick Oscar Bryant
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1. Joseph Frederick Oscar Bryant was born on 29 December 1885, one of the ten children of William Henry Bryant...