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Apologies I thought they were one and the same. Thank you for confirming and checking the Army & Navy Gazette.

Walt1010 I hope this helps.

Walt - a military search on Find My Past for 70857 George Walter Henry comes up with two dozen pages of information about his military career. There is some duplication and the odd blank page but even so at least 15 pages on interest.

Here are some of the "essentials" : He was an 18 year old baker born in Jersey when he attested/enlisted in Guernsey on 7 February 1889. He signed up for 7 years of active service followed up by 5 in reserve and after 7 years was duly transferred to the army reserve. In November 1899 he was recalled to the Colours and sailed for South Africa on 9 December 1899 which, with a typical three week voyage, means he could have stepped on South African soil on the last day of the 19th Century. The paperwork confirms he served in the 15th Coy Royal Garrison Artillery and he died of enteric fever (typhoid) on 21 May 1900 at Bloemfontein.

Yes, of course Typhoid is the modern name for Enteric Fever.

Basically the water the troops were drinking was infected. That’s why it took so many lives so quickly.

This one from Ancestry, he is fourth down on this Queen's South Africa medal roll - two clasps - Cape Colony & Orange Free State