3434 Private A Webb, 2nd Battalion the Buffs (East Kent Regiment). The battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Gaika on 22 Dec 1899, and arrived at the Cape on 13 Jan 1900. Along with the 2nd Gloucesters, 1st West Riding-Regiment, and 1st Oxford Light Infantry, they formed part of the 13th Brigade under Major General C E Knox. In Feb 1900 they deployed to the Modder River for the advance to Bloemfontein and Pretoria. On 13 Feb 1900 they started at dawn, marching to Waterval Drift on the Riet River. On 14 Feb 1900 they marched to Wegdrai Drift, and again the same evening, starting at five o'clock, they marched to Klip Drift on the Modder River. Private Webb was killed in action at Klip Drift and was buried at Klip Drift. His remains were later reinterred at Jacobsdal. He is also commemorated on the Royal East Kent Imperial Yeomanry and The Buffs Boer War Memorial in Dane John Park, Canterbury, Kent, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/107532).
3434 Private A Webb, 2nd Battalion the Buffs (East Kent Regiment). The battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Gaika on 22 Dec 1899, and arrived at the Cape on 13 Jan 1900. Along with the 2nd Gloucesters, 1st West Riding-Regiment, and 1st Oxford Light Infantry, they formed part of the 13th Brigade under Major General C E Knox. In Feb 1900 they deployed to the Modder River for the advance to Bloemfontein and Pretoria. On 13 Feb 1900 they started at dawn, marching to Waterval Drift on the Riet River. On 14 Feb 1900 they marched to Wegdrai Drift, and again the same evening, starting at five o'clock, they marched to Klip Drift on the Modder River. Private Webb was killed in action at Klip Drift and was buried at Klip Drift. His remains were later reinterred at Jacobsdal. He is also commemorated on the Royal East Kent Imperial Yeomanry and The Buffs Boer War Memorial in Dane John Park, Canterbury, Kent, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/107532).
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