Private Edward Magee
Belfast Telegraph, 2 October 1900
Number: 9541
Company: 54th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 9 January 1900
Place: Belfast
Age: 21 years
Trade of calling: Traveller
Place of birth: In the Parish of Belfast, near the Town of Belfast, in the County of Down
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
Campaigns: South Africa 1899-1901
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.
This page last updated 23 July 2024.