5402 Private A Provan, 2nd Battalion the Gordon Highlanders. The Battalion was one of the four infantry battalions which, along with three cavalry regiments and three batteries of artillery, were despatched from India to Natal in Sep 1899 and were deployed to Ladysmith. They fought at the battle of Elandslaagte on 21 Oct 1899 (32 killed and 91 wounded). Private Provan was one of those killed in the battle. He was buried in Elandslaagte Battleridge Cemetery. He is also commemorated on the Gordon Highlanders Boer War memorial on the Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/251858).
5402 Private A Provan, 2nd Battalion the Gordon Highlanders. The Battalion was one of the four infantry battalions which, along with three cavalry regiments and three batteries of artillery, were despatched from India to Natal in Sep 1899 and were deployed to Ladysmith. They fought at the battle of Elandslaagte on 21 Oct 1899 (32 killed and 91 wounded). Private Provan was one of those killed in the battle. He was buried in Elandslaagte Battleridge Cemetery. He is also commemorated on the Gordon Highlanders Boer War memorial on the Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/251858).
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