Wight | W Golbrack | | | Engaged locally
Source: WO100/226 | Civil Surgeon |
Wight | W J | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (1) Mashonaland 1897. 1897: Tpr. RHV.
Source: BSACM rolls | Matabeleland Relief Force |
Wight | William | 43756 | Trooper | No known Company. Served in 37th Btn IY
Source: QSA Medal Rolls | Imperial Yeomanry |
Wight | William | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | (Duke of Albany's Ross-shire Buffs) Seaforth Highl |
Wight-Boycott | Reginald | | Lieutenant | Supernumerary 29 Jun1900
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry |
Wight-Boycott | T A | | Captain | MID LG: 10 September 1901, page: 5964. Source: Field Marshal Roberts. 4 September 1901. Re: General mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | Imperial Yeomanry |
Wight-Boycott | T A | | Major | MID LG: 29 July 1902, page: 4839. Source: General Kitchener. 23 June 1902. Re: Final despatch & mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | Imperial Yeomanry |
Wight-Boycott | Thomas A | | Major | Source: QSA Medal Rolls | 6th Company, 4th Btn, IY |
Wight-Boycott | Thomas Andrew | | Major | WIGHT-BOYCOTT, THOMAS ANDREW, Major, was born in 1872, son of Cathcart Boycott Wight-Boycott, of Rudge Hall, Salop, and Elizabeth Grazebrook. He was educated at Eton, and was an officer in the Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry from 1894, and previously held a commission in the North Staffordshire Militia. He was given command at Aldershot of 550 untrained men, whom he trained and formed into a regiment and took out to South Africa. He served in South Africa, 1900-1902. with the Imperial Yeomanry; was twice mentioned in Despatches; received the Queen's Medal with clasp, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 31 October 1902]: "Thomas Andrew Wight-Boycott, Major, 4th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry (Lieutenant, Staffordshire Imperial Yeomanry). In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". Lieutenant Colonel T A Wight-Boycott was given command of the Warwickshire Yeomanry in 1914, and in February 1915, was made Temporary Brigadier General of the 2nd South Midland Mounted Brigade. Brigadier General Wight-Boycott was mentioned in Despatches by Sir Charles Momo. He died on 30 March 1916, of disease contracted on active service at Gallipoli. He had married Anne Catherine, daughter of Reverend John Morgan, Rector of Llandudno, North Wales, and they had one daughter.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | 4th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry |
Wightman | A | | 2nd Engineer | Transport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Princess of Wales (Albion).
Source: Transport Medal roll | Transport ships |
Wightman | A | 1095 | Private | Frontier Wars. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9. KIA | Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
Wightman | C | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Manchester Regiment |
Wightman | F | | Private | QSA (1)
Source: List of QSAs with the clasp Defence of Kimberley | Kimberley TG |
Wightman | Frank Charles | 12579 | Trooper | Source: QSA Medal Rolls | 70th Company, 18th Btn, IY |
Wightman | G | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | (King's Own) Yorkshire Light Infantry |
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