Basic Details
Surname
Humphreys
Forenames
G K
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Geoffrey Knowles
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He had been educated at Heath School in Halifax and enlisted into the ranks with the Imperial Yeomanry in March 1900. He was hospitalised twice in South Africa - with dysentery and jaundice - and eventually invalided home in November 1900. He then returned to South Africa where he was commissioned only to died, this time of enteric fever. He is also commemorated on IWM 2599.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
AS.Co
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
2Lt
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
South Africa
Town of death
Bloemfontein, Orange Free State
Year of death
1901
Month of death
April
Day of death
20
Age at death
22
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease