Basic Details
Surname
Davenport
Forenames
G H
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
George Holt
Served or died
Died
Notes
The school website (see References) provides this biography: 'George Holt Davenport was born on 18 December 1877 in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, the second child of Samuel Yates Holt Davenport of Bembridge, Isle of Wight, and Emmeline Louisa Frederica Robertson. He was at Charterhouse [Verites] 1891-1895; whilst at the School he was injured when staging set up for a school photograph collapsed in Founder’s Court. He joined the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, fighting in the early stages of the Boer War. He died of typhoid while on active service at Standerton, South Africa on 23 June 1901.'
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
Standerton, Transvaal
Country of burial
South Africa
Town of burial
Standerton, Transvaal
Cemetery
Military Cemetery
Year of death
1901
Month of death
June
Day of death
23
Age at death
24
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease