Basic Details
Surname
Keith-Falconer
Forenames
V F A
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Victor Francis Alexander
Served or died
Died
Notes
The school website (see References) provides this biography: 'Victor Francis Alexander Keith-Falconer was born in Lower Beeding, West Sussex on 27 October 1869, the third son of Major The Honourable Charles James Keith-Falconer and Caroline Diana Aldridge. He was at Charterhouse [Saunderites] between May 1884 and May 1887; he was in the School Shooting VIII team in 1885 and 1886. He joined the Somerset Light Infantry in 1890 and promoted to Lieutenant in August 1893. He served with the Mohmand Field Force on operation against the Hadda Mulla and the Mohmand tribe on the North-West Frontier of India 1897-1989, and in the Boer War 1899-1900. He was killed in action at Hussar Hill, South Africa on 14 February 1900. His older brother, Cecil Edward, had been killed in South Africa three months earlier.'
Primary Service
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
Hussar Hill
Country of burial
South Africa
Town of burial
Tugela Heights, Kwazulu Natal
Cemetery
Wynne Hill Cemetery
Year of death
1899
Month of death
February
Day of death
14
Age at death
31
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action