Coventry Auxiliary Forces Volunteers South Africa 1900-1902

This Tablet is erected by the citizens of Coventry to commemorate the patriotism of members of the auxiliary forces who volunteered from Coventry for service in South Africa 1900-01-02. At the bottom is inscribed ' Those marked thus * lost their lives on service' And 'The initial letters opposite each name indicate the branch of service as follows: V = Volunteer IY = Imperial Yeomanry SAC = South African Constabulary CMR = Cape Mounted Rifles CAN MR = Canadian Mounted Rifles

Lt GF Du Cros V, Lt AP Smith V, Staff QM Sgt BF Jones IY, QM Sgt W Irving IY, Staff Sgt EH Barr IY, Sgt Instructor T Cooke V, Sgt AT Ball V. *Sgt H Bull IY. Sgt EC Fullwell IY. Sgt D Gee IY. Sgt GL Morrall IY, Sgt J Shepherd V, Sgt G Sutton V. Sgt E Taylor V. Sgt W Tinkler V, Sgt FW White, Cpl WA Adams IY, Cpl WJ Cole IY, *Cpl H Foster IY, Cpl H Harrow IY, Cpl J Hope V, Cpl A Knight IY, Cpl HE Liggins IY, Cpl OF Slack IY, Cpl T Summner IY, Cpl FN Trahern V, Cpl HE Weallas IY, Cpl D Welsby IY, Cpl J Wilson SAC, Lance Cpl R Branford IY, ' JW Collinge V, ' WL Moore V, ' AL Knight IY, ' EE Spicer V, ' WC Welch IY, Private J Arch IY, ' GJ Atkins IY, ' GH Austin IY, ' W Avery IY ' AJ Ball V ' G Barber IY ' O Bates IY ' T Beauchamp IY ' FA Beck V ' HF Bidmead IY ' HA Brown IY ' RJ Brown V ' H Burbidge V ' GF Cadden IY ' RW Carlisle V ' H Charley IY ' H Clarke IY ' WH Clarke IY ' GH Cooke V ' B Cross CMR ' A Cutts IY ' HG Dadley IY ' D Davidson IY ' J Dixon IY ' *FV de Dobrowolski V ' H Dodd IY ' J Dowell V ' GH Drury IY ' E Duckham V ' CP Dusson V ' S Welliott V ' WT Essex IY ' ? Evans IY ' WT Fisher IY ' *S J Fletcher SAC ' E Foster V ' W Foster V ' CH Fox V ' J France V ' J Franklin IY ' AS Gardner V ' A Gibney IY ' W Gough IY ' * H Griffiths V ' PJ Hall V ' FE Hancock IY ' J Hardy V ' JD Harnott V ' * AG Harris V ' F Hassall IY ' H Haynes V ' EC Hill IY ' *AC Hitchen IY ' J Hodierne IY ' F Hollick IY ' WH Howe IY ' T Hughes IY ' A Huxley IY ' W Irving IY ' HA Jarvis IY ' JHK Jefferson IY ' W Key V ' A King V ' J Kitchener IY ' AE Kitson IY ' G Lamb IY ' TJ Landy IY ' * WF Lane IY ' H Laxon IY ' AH Liggins IY ' LJ Liggins IY ' PW Liggins IY ' FR Loviett IY ' J Lovegrove IY ' T MacCabe V ' * W Martin IY ' W Mason IY ' A Masters CMR ' HP Matty V ' PM McMenamin V ' AE Meaden IY ' S Miles V ' W Miles V ' HWP Morton IY ' J Morton V ' E Moore IY ' CC Moore IY ' G Morgan IY ' WE Morley IY ' WH Murdey IY ' J Naismith V ' JR Newman IY ' H Nightingale IY ' HB Norman V ' A Morton IY ' W Jodell V ' H Parkes IY ' FW Parsons IY ' F Parsons IY ' H Payne IY ' BL Phillips IY ' CL Piggot V ' L Pitt IY ' * AS Player SAC ' RM Player CMR ' S Potter V ' D Powell V ' HGF Pugh V ' EF Purnell IY ' E Redgrave IY ' JC Reid IY ' E Richardson IY ' *A Robinson IY ' B Rotherham V ' WR Russ IY ' A Russell IY ' A Scarff V ' ML Scarff V ' W Short IY ' T Sibary V ' W Simms IY ' A Smith IY ' *CA Smith IY ' GT Smith V ' W Spicer V ' C Squires V ' EWC Stanton CMR ' PM Starley IY ' *J Stiles IY ' F Stovin IY ' RH Thomas IY ' AJ Thompson IY ' H Thompson V ' H Tomlinson V ' G Townend IY ' G Troup IY ' G Tuke IY ' W Veal IY ' ? Welch IY ' GVL Wells V ' DE Welsby IY ' A Williams IY ' TA Wilson IY ' P Woolgar IY Bugler G Watkins V '