Gunner killed in the Second Anglo-Boer War.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
Gunner killed in the Second Anglo-Boer War.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
J. Coombs
{On the front face of the plinth:} To the glory of God Erected by the officer...
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Captain in the Royal Field Artillery. Awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions on 15th December 1899 at the Battle of Colenso during the Second Boer War.
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 30 July 1916, age 40, while serving in the Manchester Regiment. "He volunteered to take an important message back; five had been killed in previous attempts but un...
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