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England / Re: Men of German Ancestry Serving in the Second Boer War
« on: Friday 11 October 13 13:34 BST (UK) »
Preliminary research for a project on local men serving in the Second Boer War has revealed some German names.
One is a Harry WOLPORT (or WOLPERT etc) who served with the Yorkshire Regt. I've come across him before when researching the German community in the Rotherham area - he was the son of Joseph and Lissetta Wolport. He had served with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion York and Lancs before enlisting with the Yorkshire Regt at the end of 1892, and re-enlisted when the Great War broke out. Another is George WAGNER, who I believe to be the son of a John Wagner, another family I have seen before and who came from the same area as my own German ancestors (Grossenlinden, Hesse). A third name I am not familiar with is WEINECKE.
I wondered if anyone else has come across sons of German-born parents serving with the British forces during this period.
One is a Harry WOLPORT (or WOLPERT etc) who served with the Yorkshire Regt. I've come across him before when researching the German community in the Rotherham area - he was the son of Joseph and Lissetta Wolport. He had served with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion York and Lancs before enlisting with the Yorkshire Regt at the end of 1892, and re-enlisted when the Great War broke out. Another is George WAGNER, who I believe to be the son of a John Wagner, another family I have seen before and who came from the same area as my own German ancestors (Grossenlinden, Hesse). A third name I am not familiar with is WEINECKE.
I wondered if anyone else has come across sons of German-born parents serving with the British forces during this period.