8549 Private W Bramma, 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards. The Battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing from Gibraltar on the Malta, and arrived at the Cape about 16 Nov 1899. Along with the 3rd Grenadiers, 2nd Coldstreams, and 1st Scots Guards, they formed the 1st or Guards Brigade under Major General Colvile, part of the Kimberley relief force. They fought at the battles of Belmont (23 Nov 1899), at Modder River (28 Nov 1899) and Magersfontein (11 Dec 1899), leading to the relief of Kimberley. They were part of the main army advance to Bloemfontein where Private Bramma died of disease on 20 May 1900.
8549 Private W Bramma, 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards. The Battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing from Gibraltar on the Malta, and arrived at the Cape about 16 Nov 1899. Along with the 3rd Grenadiers, 2nd Coldstreams, and 1st Scots Guards, they formed the 1st or Guards Brigade under Major General Colvile, part of the Kimberley relief force. They fought at the battles of Belmont (23 Nov 1899), at Modder River (28 Nov 1899) and Magersfontein (11 Dec 1899), leading to the relief of Kimberley. They were part of the main army advance to Bloemfontein where Private Bramma died of disease on 20 May 1900.
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