OFFICERS DIED : SOUTH AFRICA 1899 - 1902

O'BRIEN - Captain Walmsley Donat - 2/Scottish Rifles
Wounded at Almond's Nek, 11th June 1900. Died next day. Aged 28.

O'BRIEN-BUTLER - Lieutenant Pierce Edmond - Army Service Corps
Died of enteric at Wynberg. 15th Jan. 1902. Aged 24.

O'FLAHERTY - Captain H.H. - Commander-in-Cheif's Bodyguard
Killed in action near Reitvlei. July 1901.

OGILVY - Captain John Herbert Cecil, D.S.O. - Gordon Highlanders
Wounded at Klipgat, 17th Dec. 1901. Died 2 days later. Served with Royal Canadian Regt. before transferring to the Gordons.

OGLE - Lieutenant Thomas Frederick Garth - 3/Royal Munster Fusiliers
Drowned at Pretoria. 30th Oct. 1901. Aged 24.

OGLESBY - Lieutenant T.D. - Durban Light Infantry
Died of dysentry at Estcourt. 8th May 1900.

O'HAGAN - Lieutenant Lord - 3/Grenadier Guards
Died of enteric at Springfontein. 13th Dec. 1900. Aged 22.

OLDFIELD - Major Henry Elliott - 38th Battery, Royal Field Artillery
Wounded at Pleisirfontein, 3rd July 1900. Died at Lindley 3 days later. Aged 42.

OLDNALL - Captain Henry Cairns - Royal Horse Artillery
Killed in action at Tabaksberg. 29th Jan. 1901. Aged 32.

OLIVER - Lieutenant Douglas Morison - 2/Norfolk Regt.
Wounded at Mylstroom, 25th Aug. 1900. Died 2 days later. Aged 26.

OLIVER - 2nd Lieutenant L.M. - 6th Dragoons
Killed in action near Heilbron. 30th Nov. 1901. Aged 20.

O'NEIL - Assistant-Surgeon J.T. - Indian Medical Service
Died at Geluk. 25th Aug. 1900.

ONRAET - Lieut. Hugh Bernard - Royal Army Medical Corps
Killed in action at Pieter's Hill. 27th Feb. 1900. Aged 28.

ORLEBAR - 2nd Lieut. William Aubrey - 19th Hussars
Died at Ladysmith. 17th Feb. 1900. Aged 22.

ORMOND - Lieut. Arthur - Imperial Light Horse
Killed in action at Naauwpoort. 3rd Jan. 1901.
Memorial at St. Peter & St. Paul's Church, Wantage, Oxon -
"Lieut. Arthur Ormond Imperial Light Horse Killed in action at Naawpoort 1900 aged 37."

ORR-EWING - Major James Alexander - Warwickshire Yeomanry
Killed in action at Kleis. 28th May 1900. Aged 43.

OSBORNE - Lieut. John Woodburne - Scottish Rifles
Killed in action at Spion Kop. 24th Jan. 1900. Aged 26.

OTTER-BARRY - Lieut. Francis Melvil - 'U' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
 Killed in action at Vlakfontein. 19th Sept. 1901. Aged 25.

OWEN - Captain Hall - Victoria Militia Medical Staff Corps
Died of enteric at Chieveley. 5th April 1900.

OWEN-LEWIS - Lieut. Francis - 14th Bombay Infantry
Killed in action near Graspan. 24th Nov. 1899. Aged 30.
Monument at ICL Beaumont -
"Capt. F. Owen-Lewis Nov 24 1899 near Graspan. Lieut. A. Byrne June 10 1900 Bloemfontein. Lieut. J. Lawlor Augt 30 1900 Waterwal. Lieut. A.E. Murphy May 29 1901 Middlekraal. 2nd Lieut. R. Stapelton-Bretherton Jany 30 1902 Ronderan. RIP This monument in memory of old Beaumont boys who fell in the South African War 1899-1902 was erceted by by some old boys and friends of Beaumont 1903."


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