Basic Details
Surname
Neill
Forenames
C E S
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Colin Eric Smith
Served or died
Died
Notes
The school website (see References) provides this biography: 'Colin Eric Smith Neill was born in Calcutta, India, on 11 August 1876, the second child of George Fraser Eric Smith-Neil, Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army, and Catherine Laura Rundall. He was at Charterhouse [Bodeites] between 1889 and 1893. He joined the School as a junior scholar and gained a senior scholarship in 1891; in 1892 he was made a House monitor and in 1893 he became a School Monitor. He also played regularly for the 1st XI Football team. He joined the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1893, passing first. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1895. He was gazetted Lieutenant in 1898 and went to South Africa with the 17th Company of the Royal Engineers, taking part in the battles of Coleuso, Spion Kop, Vaal Krauz and engagements in the relief of Ladysmith. He died of Typhoid fever at Colin Eric Smith Neill was born in Calcutta, India, on 11 August 1876, the second child of George Fraser Eric Smith-Neil, Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army, and Catherine Laura Rundall. He was at Charterhouse [Bodeites] between 1889 and 1893. He joined the School as a junior scholar and gained a senior scholarship in 1891; in 1892 he was made a House monitor and in 1893 he became a School Monitor. He also played regularly for the 1st XI Football team. He joined the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1893, passing first. He was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1895. He was gazetted Lieutenant in 1898 and went to South Africa with the 17th Company of the Royal Engineers, taking part in the battles of Coleuso, Spion Kop, Vaal Krauz and engagements in the relief of Ladysmith. He died of Typhoid fever at Standerton, South Africa on 17 February 1901., South Africa on 17 February 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
Country of burial
South Africa
Town of burial
Mpumalango
Cemetery
Standerton Cemetery
Year of death
1901
Month of death
February
Day of death
17
Age at death
25
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease