Private Henry Toole
Number: 9499
Company: 54th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion, First Contingent
ENLISTMENT
Date: 9 January 1900
Place: Belfast
Age: 22 years
Trade or calling: Letter-maker
Place of birth: In the Parish of Willowfield, in or near the Town of London, in the County of Middlesex
Address: 164 Woodstock Road, Belfast
Family: Mother Ann Toole, 164 Woodstock Road, Belfast. Father Thomas Toole, upholsterer.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 5 3/4". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair fair.
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. Capr 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: 20 Richardson Street, Belfast
Conduct: Fair
Special qualifications: Good horseman and groom
Toole 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 Telegraph, 17 March 1900.
This page last updated 1 January 2025.