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Edward "Dutch" Walker

He fought in the Boer War hence his nickname "Dutch" Walker. He was born in 1881 and grew up in Bridwell Lane and died at his home on Pollerton Road in December 1960. He was the father of Tom "Drakes" Walker. There was also a "Smuts" Deegan and "Buller" Moore. Buller's grand son Tim lives on Pollerton Road, I think Mr. Deegan lived in St Mary's Park or Patrick's Avenue.

Submitted by P Walker c2007.

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Billy Bunbury 2nd Lieutenant  (1878 - 1900)

2nd Lieutenant the Hon. William McClintock Bunbury was born at Lisnavagh in 1878, the eldest son of Thomas Kane (Tom) McClintock Bunbury, 2nd Baron Rathdonnell, and his wife, Lady Katherine Anne (Kitty) Rathdonnell. Billy was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and Eton College where, like his father before him, he captained the rowing team. He joined the Scots Greys shortly after leaving school and was with that regiment when it was posted to South Africa to deal with the escalating tensions between the British army and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free States.

Read Billy's Boer War Letters - 9th December 1899 - 12th February 1900

Submitted by M Purcell & Turtle Bunbury

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6569 Private Edward Nolan (click this link to read Edward Nolan's account).

Joe Green after the battle of Colenso

Paddy Scully of Pollerton

Jim Bradey

George Murphy of Closh

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Sir Richard Pierce Butler

Sir Richard Pierce Butler, 11th Bt. was born on 28 September 1872. He was the son of Sir Thomas Pierce Butler, 10th Bt. and Hester Elizabeth Bellingham. He married Alice Dudley Leigh, daughter of Very Rev. Hon. James Wentworth Leigh and Frances Butler, on 2 June 1906. He died on 25 March 1955 at age 82. Sir Richard Pierce Butler, 11th Bt. was educated at Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, London, England. He was educated at Downton Agricultural College. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of County Carlow. He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the 8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps.  He fought in the Boer War. He held the office of High Sheriff of County Carlow in 1905. He succeeded to the title of 11th Baronet Butler, of  Cloughgrenan, Co. Carlow [I., 1628] on 8 March 1909. He fought in the First World War in 1914, where he was mentioned in despatches twice. He gained the rank of Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel in the service of the Remount Service.  He gained the rank of Honorary Major in the service of the 8th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. He was invested as a Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.) in 1919. "D" company of the 2nd Battalion. Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

Source: http://www.thepeerage.com/

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Trooper E.R. Eustace

Surname	1st name / initials	Regimental No.	Rank	Attestation date	Discharge date	Next of kin	Remarks
Eustace	E R	260C	Trooper	20/10/1899	13/11/1900	Mr J Eustace Tallow, Co Carlow, Ireland	Dis, Time Expired

This information was taken from the nominal roll of the Bethune's Mounted Infantry, a colonial unit of the Boer War of 1899-1902. The index was compiled from WO 127 at the National Archives, Kew by Ted Beard.

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Bethune's Mounted Infantry

  

Lt-Col E. C. Bethune, commanding 

Bethune's Mounted Infantry. Bethune

was an unusual cavalryman having lost

his right hand earlier in pre-war India.

(From Robinson's Celebrities of the Army, 1900).

 

An irregular British South African Unit. Victorians, unable to enlist in any of the official

Victorian Contingents, rushed to South Africa to join any unit they could find. There were

many. Bethune's was one such unit. It included Irish, Americans, Scandinavians and Australians.

Source: Defending Victoria website

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William Rice

Served in the Boer War. He was from Carlow. It is said that he took part in a ? military propaganda film during the Boer war where he "wore a bandage and used crutches to limp across a field. Part of the "fee" for doing this was a "slap up meal".

Source: angela@lawson72.wanadoo.co.uk

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John Moran John Moran Notes on John Moran: This picture was taken in Ludgate Hill, London EC., in uniform of the 3 Dragoon Guards.  He served in the British Army during the second Boer War which was during 1899-1902 in the 3 Dragoon Guards, and was stationed at Canterbury, Kent in England around about the 1880's  After completing his service in the army he returned to Carlow where he married twice. His second wife (name unknown) died as she stepped outside the back door of their house in Sleaty. Source: M. Brennan (John Moran was my Grandmothers uncle) If anyone has any more information on John Moran please get in touch with me at: mjbrennan30@gmail.com Sabina Farley - Nurse - Princess Christian Army. I have a female ancestor who indirectly is connected with Carlow and the Boer War. My g-grandmother Jane Lemon was born in Carlow, the daughter of John Lemon (jeweller) and Elizabeth Adams. She in turn married a Charles Thomas Farley (photographer) in Carlow and they moved to Drogheda. One of their children, a daughter Sabina born June 26th 1871 grew up became a nurse (being influenced by Florence Nightingale) and joined the Princess Christian Army Nursing Reserve #358 and on June 2nd 1900 was one of 14 nurses sent to the Princess Christian Army Hospital at Pinetown, Natal, SE Africa After the war she was awarded the Silver Badge of Courage and the South African Medal. She continued in military Nursing and was sent to Flanders at a front lines hospital in WW1 and was ultimately gassed by Phosgene Gas. She was sent to Adelaide Hospital in Dublin to recuperate. On Oct. 24, 1917 she was awarded the Red Cross for Valor by King George V at Buckingham Palace. She was appointed as Matron of the Army Hospital at Fermoy but she never recovered fully from the gassing and died there on January 1918 and was given a full military Funeral. She is buried at Mt. Jerome Cemetery in Dublin. I know she doesn't qualify as a "Carlow" Boer War participant but I thought her story might be of interest anyway. I am attaching two pictures of her. One in the infirmary with some of the patients and the other a group picture of her and a group of soldiers and officers she worked with. Thanks for all you do in preserving info for us on the internet Michelle Wilson Vermont USA William Albert Vickerman Orange River Scouts William Albert Vickerman Reg. no. 169 (42102) Religion: R C, Age: 20, Nationality: Irish, Trade: None Previous service: P W L H 6 m Len H for 3 months Height: 5 ft 4, Weight: 140 lbs, Chest: 34 Complexion: Medium, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Brown, Scar on left f arm Enlisted: 10 Apr 1902 Green Point Born: Carlow Ireland 3 Aug 1883 Father: Mr WA Vickerman, Classenbosh, Constantia, Cape Town Single Rank: Trooper Discharged on disbandment of regiment 30 Jun 1902 after 2 mths 21 days Character: Good Address after discharge: As above. BACK Private Edward Nolan Next Page

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