Henry
Telford
Born in Clonmacash, Tartaraghan, County Armagh, Ireland
Son of Thomas Telford
and Mary Jane (Johnson) Telford
Brother of
Robert Telford, Margaret (Telford) Stevenson, Thomas Telford, William Telford, John Wesley Telford, Jemima (Telford) Turnbull, Anne Matilda (Telford) Wortley, Jane Ellen Telford and Harriett Telford
Died
at age 24
in Charles Town, Winburg, Free State, South Africa
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Henry Telford was born in Ireland.
Henry Telford Died of Disease in Winburg, South Africa during Second Boer War.
Biography
Henry was born in 1877. He is the son of Thomas Telford and Mary Jane Johnson.
Henry enlisted with the British Army and was a Private, Regimental Number 2293 with the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, father Thomas. He served with the South Africa Field Force. [1][2]
Awarded Queen's South Africa Medal [3]
He died of illness in 1901, aged 23, during the Second Boer War in South Africa. [4][5]
Death Notice - The Belfast Newsletter[6]
- TELFORD - December 31, at Winburg, South Africa, of dysentery, Henry, youngest son of Thomas Telford, the Birches, Portadown, aged 23. Deeply regretted. American and Australian papers please copy.
Sources
- ↑ South Africa, Military Index, 1853 - 2004
- ↑ Web: South Africa, Second Boer War British Service Register, 1899-1902
- ↑ UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949
- ↑ UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929
- ↑ UK, Casualties of the Boer War, 1899-1902
- ↑ The Belfast Newsletter Death Notices, 10 Jan 1903
- Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911
- Civil Records at irishgenealogy.ie
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