Alfred's Story.
7172 Private Alfred Hickson, 2nd Battalion the Grenadier Guards, died of pneumonia on 24th August 1900.
The Battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the SS Dunera on 18th Mar 1900. They arrived at the Cape on 11th April 1900. Along with the 2nd Scots Guards, 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment, and 1st Leinster Regiment, they formed the 16th Brigade under Major General Barrington Campbell. They joined the main Army after the capture of Bloemfontein and were sent to the Springfontein-Edenburg district, and immediately took the field at Orlogspoort and Dewetsdorp. During the advance to Pretoria they fought at Biddulphsberg on 29th May 1900 (Casualties: 35 killed and over 100 wounded). After the fall of Pretoria they were deployed in the Orange Free State.
Private Hickson died of disease at 19 Stationary Hospital, Harrismith on 24th August 1900. He was buried the following day in the town cemetery.
The Battalion deployed to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the SS Dunera on 18th Mar 1900. They arrived at the Cape on 11th April 1900. Along with the 2nd Scots Guards, 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment, and 1st Leinster Regiment, they formed the 16th Brigade under Major General Barrington Campbell. They joined the main Army after the capture of Bloemfontein and were sent to the Springfontein-Edenburg district, and immediately took the field at Orlogspoort and Dewetsdorp. During the advance to Pretoria they fought at Biddulphsberg on 29th May 1900 (Casualties: 35 killed and over 100 wounded). After the fall of Pretoria they were deployed in the Orange Free State.
Private Hickson died of disease at 19 Stationary Hospital, Harrismith on 24th August 1900. He was buried the following day in the town cemetery.