CONNOR – FREDERICK HENRY BOURNE
| Born: 1862/05/00 Rank: CAPT.. Regiment: ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS GPS: S28°10.038 E30°14.112 |
Reason for death: DOW Place of death: DUNDEE – TALANA HILL Date of death: 1899/10/20 Memorial: DUNDEE – BETANIA/WESLEYAN CHURCH |
Note:
THE REV. GERARD CHILTON BAILEY WAS ANGLICAN VICAR OF THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES, IN DUNDEE, DURING THE BOER OCCUPATION FROM 23RD OCTOBER 1899 TO 16TH MAY 1900. REV. BAILEY KEPT A DIARY RECORD OF THE TIME WHEN THE TOWN WAS OCCUPIED BY THE BOERS. HIS JOURNAL “SEVEN MONTHS UNDER BOER RULE” WAS RE-PUBLISHED IN 2015. THE FOLLOWING IS EXTRACTED FROM HIS JOURNAL;
THOSE WHO WERE BURIED IN THE GROUNDS OF THE SWEDISH MISSION, WHERE THE HOSPITAL WAS, NUMBERED FIFTEEN. MAJOR DALY, ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORP., HAD THIS GRAVEYARD WELL FENCED AND CARED FOR, WOODEN CROSSES DENOTING WHERE EACH GRAVE IS. THE NAMES GIVEN TO ME INCLUDED CAPTAIN F.B. CONNOR WHO HAD DIED OF WOUNDS, AND 2ND LIEUTENANT G.N. GENGE WHO HAD BEEN KILLED IN ACTION.
