Private Frederick Eagar
Number: 9513
Company: 54th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion, First Contingent
ENLISTMENT
Date: 6 January 1900
Place: Belfast
Age: 24 years 8 months stated on enlistment. (Born 26 May 1873 (?) in Scotch Street, Armagh.)
Trade or calling: Chemist
Place of birth: In the Parish of Armagh, in or near the Town of Armagh, in the County of Armagh
Address: 75 Agincourt Avenue, Belfast
Family: Single. Next of kin uncle, Richard Jeffs, of 2 Lower Mount Street, Belfast. Father Thomas Eagar, publican, mother Elizabeth Eagar (nee Jeffs) (both dec. 1882).
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 6". Complexion fresh, eyes brown, hair brown. Tattoo dots back both hands.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 3 March 1900
Date home: 8 June 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 1901 clasps.
DISCHARGE
Date: 15 June 1901
Place: Belfast
Reason for discharge: The termination of his engagement
Intended place of residence: 75 Agincourt Avenue, Belfast
Conduct: Very good
Special qualifications: Good horseman
Eagar was among the 400 men of the 13th Battalion captured by Boer forces at Lindley on 31 May 1900. He was released on 30 August with most of the other members of the battalion when the British captured Nooitgedacht.
This page last updated 23 August 2026.