Private Edward Magee
Number: 9541
Company: 54th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion, First Contingent
ENLISTMENT
Date: 9 January 1900
Place: Belfast
Age: 21 years
Trade of calling: Traveller
Place of birth: In the Parish of Belfast, in or near near the Town of Belfast, in County Down
Address: Oakland Villas, Belfast
Family: Mother Margaret, sister Naomi, of Oakland Villa, Bloomfield
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 5 3/4". Complexion fresh, eyes brown, hair brown.
Religion: Presbyterian
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 3 March 1900
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony clasp.
DEATH
Date: 11 October 1900
Place: Kroonstad
Cause: Enteric fever
Commemorated: Kroonstad Cemetery and Memorial
Magee was among the 400 men captured by Boer forces at Lindley in May 1900. He was released on 30 August with the other members of the 13th Battalion when the British captured Nooitgedacht.
Image from the Belfast Evening Telegraph, 2 October 1900.
This page last updated 24 November 2024.