Private Alexander Wylie
Number: 11104/ 44180
Company: 46th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion, First Contingent. (Posted from a reinforcement draft for the 46th, 54th and 60th Companies.)/ 134th (Irish Horse) Company (Ulster), 29th Battalion, Third Contingent
ENLISTMENT
Date: 22 February 1900/ 15 February 1902
Place: Belfast/ Curragh
Age: 21 years (stated on first enlistment). (Born 19 April 1879, 85 Dundee Street, Belfast.)
Trade or calling: Engineer - served five-year apprenticeship at Combe, Barbour & Combe
Place of birth: In the Parish of Shankill, in or near the Town of Belfast, in the County of Antrim
Address: 258 Cupar Street, Belfast
Family: Father William Wylie, general labourer, mother Mary Wylie (nee Spence), of 258 Cupar Street, Belfast
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 9". Complexion pale/ fair, eyes hazel/ greyish blue, hair brown/ light brown. Mole right side; scar right hand; scar left wrist; scar right arm.
Religion: Other Protestant (1901 Census records family as Methodist)/ Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 14 April 1900/ 10 May 1902
Date home: 8 June 1901/ __
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 1901, 1902 clasps.
DISCHARGE
Date: 15 June 1901/ 17 October 1902
Place: Belfast/ Stellenbosch, Cape Colony
Reason for discharge: The termination of his engagement/ At his own request
Intended place of residence: 258 Cupar Street, Belfast/ 20 Essex Street (?) River, Cape Town
Conduct: Very good/ Very good
Special qualifications: Good horseman and groom/ Engine fitter
As a member of the reinforcements draft for the 13th Battalion, Robinson was not among the 400 men of the battalion captured by Boer forces at Lindley at the end of May 1900.
Image from the Belfast Evening Telegraph, 7 September 1900.
This page last updated 7 April 2025.