4098 Private N (or NH) Nelson, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers). The Regiment deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, arriving in the beginning of Dec 1899, and joined General French in the Colesberg district. Along with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons and 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) they formed the 1st Cavalry Brigade. They moved from Colesberg to the Modder River in with General French in the beginning of Feb 1900 in preparation for the move on Kimberley. After the relief of Kimberley they were part of the advance on Bloemfontein and took part in the action of Karee Siding. They were part of the advance to and capture of Pretoria. In the second phase of the war, they were with the 2nd Dragoons under Colonel Allenby and trekked to the east of the Transvaal via Bethel, Amsterdam, and Piet Retief, when General French was carrying out his big sweeping movement in Feb-Apr 1901. Private Nelson fell ill and died of disease at 11 Stationary Hospital, Winburg, Orange River Colony.
He is also commemorated on the 6th Dragoon Guards Boer War memorial at Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea Embankment, South East Corner opposite Chelsea Bridge, Chelsea, London (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111552).
Demise: Died of disease 24 Mar 1901
Place: Winburg
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt
He is also commemorated on the 6th Dragoon Guards Boer War memorial at Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea Embankment, South East Corner opposite Chelsea Bridge, Chelsea, London (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111552).
Demise: Died of disease 24 Mar 1901
Place: Winburg
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt
4098 Private N (or NH) Nelson, 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers). The Regiment deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, arriving in the beginning of Dec 1899, and joined General French in the Colesberg district. Along with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons and 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) they formed the 1st Cavalry Brigade. They moved from Colesberg to the Modder River in with General French in the beginning of Feb 1900 in preparation for the move on Kimberley. After the relief of Kimberley they were part of the advance on Bloemfontein and took part in the action of Karee Siding. They were part of the advance to and capture of Pretoria. In the second phase of the war, they were with the 2nd Dragoons under Colonel Allenby and trekked to the east of the Transvaal via Bethel, Amsterdam, and Piet Retief, when General French was carrying out his big sweeping movement in Feb-Apr 1901. Private Nelson fell ill and died of disease at 11 Stationary Hospital, Winburg, Orange River Colony.
He is also commemorated on the 6th Dragoon Guards Boer War memorial at Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea Embankment, South East Corner opposite Chelsea Bridge, Chelsea, London (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111552).
Demise: Died of disease 24 Mar 1901
Place: Winburg
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt
He is also commemorated on the 6th Dragoon Guards Boer War memorial at Ranelagh Gardens, Chelsea Embankment, South East Corner opposite Chelsea Bridge, Chelsea, London (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/111552).
Demise: Died of disease 24 Mar 1901
Place: Winburg
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt
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