32378 Gunner W Ellis, No 4 Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (also recorded as 10th Company, Eastern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery). The Battery deployed to Natal, South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, arriving in Jan 1900. They fought at Vaal Krantz 5-7 Feb 1900 and the battle of Tugela Heights 14-28 Feb 1900, including actions at Colenso and Pieter's Hill, during the final break in battle to Ladysmith. At the end of the recuperation period following the relief of Ladysmith, Gunner Ellis died of dysentery at the General Hospital, Ladysmith, Natal. He is also commemorated on the Royal Artillery Boer War memorial on the corner of Horse Guards Parade and the Mall, at the north-east corner of St James Park, London, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/112037).
32378 Gunner W Ellis, No 4 Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (also recorded as 10th Company, Eastern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery). The Battery deployed to Natal, South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, arriving in Jan 1900. They fought at Vaal Krantz 5-7 Feb 1900 and the battle of Tugela Heights 14-28 Feb 1900, including actions at Colenso and Pieter's Hill, during the final break in battle to Ladysmith. At the end of the recuperation period following the relief of Ladysmith, Gunner Ellis died of dysentery at the General Hospital, Ladysmith, Natal. He is also commemorated on the Royal Artillery Boer War memorial on the corner of Horse Guards Parade and the Mall, at the north-east corner of St James Park, London, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/112037).
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