HANNAH – WILLIAM MAITLAND JULIUS
| Born: 1876/05/00 Rank: LIEUT. Regiment: LEICESTERSHIRE REGT. GPS: S28°09.674 E30°14.012 |
Reason for death: KILLED IA Place of death: DUNDEE – BOER SHELL FELL IN THE CAMP Date of death: 1899/10/21 Memorial: DUNDEE – ST JAMES 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;
I HAD AN ORDER FROM THE G.O.C. TO BURY AT 6PM ON SATURDAY THE 21ST OCTOBER. A SHELL OF THE BOERS HAD ACCOUNTED FOR THE DEATH OF LIEUTENANT HANNAH. IT WAS ON THIS SUNDAY THAT FATHER MURRAY, ATTACHED TO THE DUBLINS AS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN, AND I STRUCK UP A COMPANIONSHIP. IN THE AFTERNOON AND JUST BEFORE DARK FOUR MORE WERE LAID TO REST IN THE CHURCHYARD OF ST. JAMES. THESE WERE LIEUTENANT HANNAH, AND A SOLDIER WHO HAD FALLEN ON THE DAY BEFORE AND COLOUR SERGEANT ANDERSON AND PRIVATE CROTHY OF THE DUBLINS.
