Lance Corporal Hugh Darragh
Number: 26206
Company: 60th (North Irish Horse) Company (Belfast) (New), 17th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 11 February 1901
Place: Belfast
Age: 20 years 1 month
Trade of calling: Postman/ post office clerk
Place of birth: In the Parish of Shankill, in or near the Town of Belfast, in the County of Antrim.
Family: Single. Father James Darragh, labourer, mother Margaret (nee Sneddin). Sister Mary Jane (elder), 193 Tennent Street, Belfast; brother George (elder), 18 Cochrane Street, Liverpool.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 4 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair dark.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 12 March 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and 1901 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 27 December 1901
Place: No.11 Stationary Hospital, Winburg
Cause: Enteric fever
Buried/ commemorated:Winburg Old Cemetery/ Winburg Garden of Remembrance.
This page last updated 24 August 2024.