1508 Private A T Hay, 1st Battalion the Northumberland Fusiliers. He deployed to South Africa with his battalion for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing in the beginning of Oct 1899, and being early on the scene, were employed on garrison duty in Cape Colony till Lt Gen Lord Methuen commenced his advance from Orange River. They fought at the Battles of Belmont (23 Nov 1899) and Enslin/Graspan (25 Nov 1899). He was killed in action three days later at the battle of Modder River, near Ritchie, Cape Colony. He was buried in the military cemetery, Modder River. His remains were later reinterred in West End Cemetery, Kimberley. He is also commemorated on the Newcastle upon Tyne Boer War memorial in the Haymarket, St Mary's Place, Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/200052).
1508 Private A T Hay, 1st Battalion the Northumberland Fusiliers. He deployed to South Africa with his battalion for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing in the beginning of Oct 1899, and being early on the scene, were employed on garrison duty in Cape Colony till Lt Gen Lord Methuen commenced his advance from Orange River. They fought at the Battles of Belmont (23 Nov 1899) and Enslin/Graspan (25 Nov 1899). He was killed in action three days later at the battle of Modder River, near Ritchie, Cape Colony. He was buried in the military cemetery, Modder River. His remains were later reinterred in West End Cemetery, Kimberley. He is also commemorated on the Newcastle upon Tyne Boer War memorial in the Haymarket, St Mary's Place, Northumberland Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/200052).
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