2414 Private W Manton, 2nd Battalion, 4th The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). The Battalion received orders at the North Camp, Aldershot, in the first week of Dec 1878 to proceed to Natal on active service. They embarked in the transports Dunrobin Castle and Teuton on the 10 and 13 Dec respectively, the Battalion arrived at Cape Town in early Jan 1879 and proceeded to Durban. They marched to Pietermaritzburg, and from there, upon receipt of the news of the disaster at Isandhlwana, on to Helpmakaar. The companies of the Battalion were deployed in reserve to the Utrecht district, Potgreter's Farm, Luneberg, Balte's Spruit and Conference Hill. Private Manton died at Utrecht on 3 Mar 1879. He is commemorated on a memorial plaque in the British Military Cemetery (see: https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=8541720).
2414 Private W Manton, 2nd Battalion, 4th The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). The Battalion received orders at the North Camp, Aldershot, in the first week of Dec 1878 to proceed to Natal on active service. They embarked in the transports Dunrobin Castle and Teuton on the 10 and 13 Dec respectively, the Battalion arrived at Cape Town in early Jan 1879 and proceeded to Durban. They marched to Pietermaritzburg, and from there, upon receipt of the news of the disaster at Isandhlwana, on to Helpmakaar. The companies of the Battalion were deployed in reserve to the Utrecht district, Potgreter's Farm, Luneberg, Balte's Spruit and Conference Hill. Private Manton died at Utrecht on 3 Mar 1879. He is commemorated on a memorial plaque in the British Military Cemetery (see: https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=8541720).
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