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Private Richard Crone

 

Number: 11087

Company: 60th (Belfast) Company, 17th Battalion, First Contingent

ENLISTMENT

Date: 21 February 1900

Place: Belfast

Age: 24 years stated on enlistment. (Born 24 December 1875 at Magheralane, Derriaghy, County Antrim.)

Trade or calling: Commission agent

Place of birth: In the Parish of Derriaghy, in or near the Town of Belfast, in the County of Antrim

Address: 19 Distillery Street, Belfast

Family: Single. Father Richard Crone, general labourer, mother Ellen Crone (nee Johnston), of 19 Distillery Street, Belfast.

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 10 1/2". Complexion pale, eyes brown, hair brown. Scar right knee; scar left leg; True Heart left ring finger; scar left thumb; scar forehead; scar left cheek.

Religion: Church of England

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 6 April 1900

Date home: 8 June 1901

Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Rhodesia, 1901 clasps.

DISCHARGE

Date: 15 June 1901

Place: Belfast

Reason for discharge: The termination of his engagement

Intended place of residence: 19 Distillery Street, Belfast

Conduct: Good

Special qualifications: Good groom

 

Crone's name was mentioned in a letter written home by a fellow Yeoman from Umtali on 28 June 1900, relating to an attempted shooting, which was published in the Northern Whig of 4 August. It can be seen here.

This page last updated 8 August 2026.