5056 (or 5066) Private C Bailey (or Bayley), 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. The Regiment deployed from India to Natal in Sep 1899 before the Second Anglo Boer War started. They fought at Rietfontein on 24 Oct 1899 and at the battle of Lombard's Kop or Ladysmith on 30 Oct 1899 where they operated with the 5th Lancers. They were in Ladysmith throughout the siege. On the night of 7 Dec 1899 one squadron "penetrated some four miles towards the north, destroying the enemy's telegraph line and burning various kraals and shelters ordinarily used by them". During the great attack on 6 Jan 1900, two squadrons of the 19th Hussars held Maiden's Farm to prevent the Boers attacking Waggon Hill from the west, and part of the regiment were in the fight on Waggon Hill. After the recuperation period following the relief of Ladysmith, they were brigaded with the 5th Lancers and 18th Hussars under Major General Brocklehurst, and were part of the advance north into the Transvaal to Volksrust and afterwards to Lydenburg, being constantly engaged. During the second phase of the campaign the regiment was almost always in the Eastern Transvaal. Private Bailey died of disease at Ermelo on 15 Feb 1902. He was buried in
Ermelo Cemetery.
5056 (or 5066) Private C Bailey (or Bayley), 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars. The Regiment deployed from India to Natal in Sep 1899 before the Second Anglo Boer War started. They fought at Rietfontein on 24 Oct 1899 and at the battle of Lombard's Kop or Ladysmith on 30 Oct 1899 where they operated with the 5th Lancers. They were in Ladysmith throughout the siege. On the night of 7 Dec 1899 one squadron "penetrated some four miles towards the north, destroying the enemy's telegraph line and burning various kraals and shelters ordinarily used by them". During the great attack on 6 Jan 1900, two squadrons of the 19th Hussars held Maiden's Farm to prevent the Boers attacking Waggon Hill from the west, and part of the regiment were in the fight on Waggon Hill. After the recuperation period following the relief of Ladysmith, they were brigaded with the 5th Lancers and 18th Hussars under Major General Brocklehurst, and were part of the advance north into the Transvaal to Volksrust and afterwards to Lydenburg, being constantly engaged. During the second phase of the campaign the regiment was almost always in the Eastern Transvaal. Private Bailey died of disease at Ermelo on 15 Feb 1902. He was buried in
Ermelo Cemetery.
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