3621 Private A Davie, 1st Battalion (Queen's Own) Cameron Highlanders. The battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing from Egypt, where they had been stationed, on 3 Mar 1900, and arrived in South Africa twenty days later. They joined the main army in Bloemfontein in time for the northern advance, joining the 21st Brigade with the 1st Sussex, 1st Derbys, and City Imperial Volunteers under Major General Bruce Hamilton. They took part in many actions up to the occupation of Johannesburg. The battalion was present at Diamond Hill 11-12 Jun 1900, but was not heavily engaged. The battalion did much weary trekking about the Kroonstad-Lindley-Hoopstad district in late 1900. On 8 Dec 1900 Private Davie was part of a column of 1500 men, 9 cannons and over 100 wagons as they camped at Nooitgedacht, 3 miles NW of Hekpoort, west of Pretoria. On 13 Dec 1900 they were attacked by a Boer force of about 1500 men under Generals Koos de la Rey and Christiaan Beyers. Four companies of the Northumberland Fusiliers were holding the ridges overlooking the camp. Beyers attacked the ridges with 4 of the 6 commandos, killing or capturing the Fusiliers, before turning on the main encampment. The Boers looted the stores before being driven off. Private Davie was one of those killed in the battle. He was buried on the battlefield. His remains were later reinterred at Krugersdorp. He is also commemorated on the (Queen's Own) Cameron Highlanders Boer War memorial in St Giles' Cathedral, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/132849/).
3621 Private A Davie, 1st Battalion (Queen's Own) Cameron Highlanders. The battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing from Egypt, where they had been stationed, on 3 Mar 1900, and arrived in South Africa twenty days later. They joined the main army in Bloemfontein in time for the northern advance, joining the 21st Brigade with the 1st Sussex, 1st Derbys, and City Imperial Volunteers under Major General Bruce Hamilton. They took part in many actions up to the occupation of Johannesburg. The battalion was present at Diamond Hill 11-12 Jun 1900, but was not heavily engaged. The battalion did much weary trekking about the Kroonstad-Lindley-Hoopstad district in late 1900. On 8 Dec 1900 Private Davie was part of a column of 1500 men, 9 cannons and over 100 wagons as they camped at Nooitgedacht, 3 miles NW of Hekpoort, west of Pretoria. On 13 Dec 1900 they were attacked by a Boer force of about 1500 men under Generals Koos de la Rey and Christiaan Beyers. Four companies of the Northumberland Fusiliers were holding the ridges overlooking the camp. Beyers attacked the ridges with 4 of the 6 commandos, killing or capturing the Fusiliers, before turning on the main encampment. The Boers looted the stores before being driven off. Private Davie was one of those killed in the battle. He was buried on the battlefield. His remains were later reinterred at Krugersdorp. He is also commemorated on the (Queen's Own) Cameron Highlanders Boer War memorial in St Giles' Cathedral, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/132849/).
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