Basic Details
Surname
Bottomley
Forenames
A
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Alfred
War
Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was the son of an alderman in Halifax who had emigrated to Rustenberg in the Transvaal in 1897. He was forced to leave there when war was declared and served with Kitchener's Bd (Horse?) and was certainly present at the siege of Mafeking. He died of enteric fever and is also commemorated on IWM 2599.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Kt.Bd.
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Sgt
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Commonwealth Armed Forces
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
South African Infantry
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Sergeant
Death and Burial details
Country of death
South Africa
Town of death
Johannesburg
Year of death
1901
Month of death
March
Day of death
31
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease