These are extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/2 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting between A to D for BETHUNES MOUNTED INFANTRY. There were a variety of standard forms and also many sections of the forms were not completed. As a result the details included vary.
transcribed by Rowena Wattrus
Arthur ALEXANDER
British subject, No previous service
Enlisted: Durban 1 Feb 1901
Born: Kimberley, SA June '82
Occupation: Clerk, Previous corps: BMI
Height: 5 ft 7, Weight: 121 lbs, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Dark Brown
Scars on left hip
Present address: Umbilo
Father: A S, Umbilo Durban
Gustave ANDERSON
Reg. no. 37629
Religion: Lutheran, Age: 21, Nationality: Capecolonial, Trade: Sawyer/Tailor
Height: 5 ft 9, Weight: 160 lbs, Chest: 37
Complexion: Fair, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Fair
Enlisted: 7 Aug 1901 Greenpoint
Friend: Mrs Peterson, 13 Page St, Woodstock, Cape Town
Single
Previous service: BMI 216 days
Re-enlisted: Durban 17 Mar 1902
Born: Sweden
Joseph Adolphus ANDERSON
Reg. no. 1568
British subject, Previous service: I H C 185 days
Enlisted: 8 Oct 1901 Durban
Age: 40 yrs, 6 months, Height: 5 ft 7, Weight: 150 lbs, Chest: 37
Complexion: Fresh, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Fair, Size of head: 7, Size of Foot: 8
Daughter: Miss Sigrid Anderson, Moyeni RC Mission, Obanjani PO Zululand
Born: Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation: Clerk
William Edward ARNOLD
Reg. no. 1247
British subject, Previous service: BMI and SALH
Enlisted: 26 Feb 1901
Born: Chatham, England Feb 1861
Occupation: Saddler
Height: 5 ft 8, Weight: 140 lbs, Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Brown
Tattoo left arm
Daughter: Rosa Allen Arnold, Naaupoort Junction CC
James BEAL
Reg. no 1002
British subject, Previous service: VAC - 3 months disbanded
Enlisted: P M Burg 16 Aug 1900
Age: 43, Height: 5 ft 6½, Weight: 140 lbs, Chest 37-39
Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Dark
Size of Head: 6 3/4, Size of foot: 7
Wife: Mrs Evelyn Beal, 97 Commercial Road, P M Burg
Charles BERRY
Reg. no. 36004
Religion: C of E, Age: 34, Nationality: English, Trade: Telegraphist
Previous service: ASC for 21 months
Height: 5 ft 8¾, Weight: 153 lbs, Chest: 37
Complexion: Fresh, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Grey
Enlisted: 26 Jul 1901 Greenpoint
Mother: Mrs M Berry, Upper Kayward St, North End, Port Elizabeth
Single
Lewis Gordon BLIGHT
British subject, Previous service: JMR 6 months
Enlisted: Durban 16 Aug 1901
Age: 19, Height: 5 ft 6, Weight: 140 lbs, Chest: 35
Complexion: Fair, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Fair, Size of Head: 6 ½, Size of foot: 6
Mother: Mrs N Blight, Campbell Avenue, Greyville, Natal
Born: Grahamstown, CC
Trade: Clerk
Scar - right eye
Reg. no. 1432
Andrew Charles BLOMKAMP
Previous service: Brabant's Horse
British subject
Enlisted: Dundee 21 Mar 1901
Age: 20, Height: 5 ft 7½, Weight: 130 lbs
Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Fair
Scar on left hip
Father: Benjamin Blomkamp, Harfield Road, Fairmount, Cape Town
Born: Cape Town, CC
Occupation: Draper
Gaston BOULANGER
Previous service: ILI 1 year and 35 days
Enlisted: Durban 28 Jan 1901
Birthplace: Mauritius May '79
Occupation: Clerk
Height: 6 ft, Weight: 160 lbs, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Brown
Scar on Stomach
Father: Alfred Boulanger, Berea Rd, Durban
Louis BOYCE
British Subject, No previous service
Enlisted: Durban 9 Oct 1901
Age: 18, Height: 5 ft 5, Weight: 125 lbs, Chest: 32
Complexion: Pale, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Red, Size of head: 6 5/8, Size of foot: 5
Father: William Henry Boyce, 4 Doig Street, PM Burg, Natal
Born: Cape Town
Occupation: Clerk
Lorraine BOYCE
British subject, Previous service: 3 months Colonial Scouts
Enlisted: P M Burg 7 Apr 1900
Born: Glasgow, Scotland
Present address: Inanzi, Zululand
Thomas BRASS
Reg. no. 1130
British subject, Previous service: Richmond Mtd R 8 years, Bakers Horse 240 days
Enlisted: Dundee 29 Nov 1900
Age: 45 yrs 0 months, Height: 5ft 4¾, Weight: 10 stone
Complexion: Fresh, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Brown, Size of feet: 8
Next of Kin: A Guthrie, Grey Street, Durban
Thomas Alfred BRIMALEY
British subject
Reg. no. 1150
Previous subject: Martizburg Rifles (NNR) 1 year
Enlisted: Dundee 30 Nov 1900
Wife: Marian Frederica Brimaley, Wakkerstroom
Sydney Joseph BROOKS
British subject, No previous service
Enlisted: Durban 23 Sep 1901
Reg. no. 1504
Age: 29, Height: 5 ft 7½ , Weight: 140 lbs, Chest: 36
Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Black, Size of Head: 6 7/8, Size of Foot: 7
Brother: G Brooks, Storekeeper, Graff Reinet, C Colony
Born: Glastonbury, Somersetshire
Occupation: Bushman
Spear wound left arm
Herbert Abercrombie BROWN
Reg. no. 1155
Previous service: Col Scouts 3½ mths disbanded
Enlisted: P M burg 11 Aug 1900
Age: 27, Height: 5 ft 8, Weight: 140 lbs, Chest: 37 - 39
Complexion: Fair, Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Light brown
Size of head: 6 ft 7/8, Size of foot: 7
Sister: Mrs Wright, Tasma House, Moore Road, Durban
Thomas Beveridge BROWN
British subject, Previous service: N U R
Enlisted: Dundee 5 Dec 1900
Wife: Mrs TB Brown, Laundry Avenue, Berea, Durban
Robert BRUCE
British subject, Previous service: I L I
Enlisted: Durban 16 Apr 1901
Age: 36, Height: 5 ft 10½, Weight: 140 lbs
Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Grey
Size of Head: 6 7/8, Size of foot: 8
Birthplace: Hayward, Victoria
Discharged as time expired
Trade: Painter
Brother: Murdoch Bruce, Umbilo Road, Durban
Joseph CAMPBELL
Reg. no. 1259
British Subject, Previous service: Sc H
Enlisted: Durban 26 Feb 1901
Born: Port Elizabeth Oct 1882
Occupation: Fireman
Height: 5 ft 6, Weight: 130 lbs, Eyes: Hazel, Hair: D Brown
Mother: Maria Campbell, 18 Compton St, De Beers, Kimberley
Frederick CHANCE
Reg. no. 43136
Religion: C of E, Age: 20, Nationality: British, Trade: Carpenter
Previous service: Bethune's M I for 61 months
Height: 5 ft 3, Weight: 115? lbs, Chest: 32
Complexion: Dk, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Brown, Scar on left leg
Enlisted: 7 May 1902 Green Point
Mother: S Chance, Walmer Estate, Woodstock, Cape Town
Single
Born: London, England
David CONNOR
Reg. no. 1386
British Subject
Previous service: Natal VA Corps 3 mos, PWL Horse 6 mos
Enlisted: Durban 17 Jul 1902
Age: 40 3/12 months, Height: 5 ft 2½ ,Weight: 147 lbs, Chest: 37
Complexion: Sallow, Eyes: Brown, Hair: Grey, Size of head: 6 5/8, Size of foot: 6
Birthplace: Galveston
Occupation: Carpenter
Discharged as time expired
Bullet wound right instep
Brother: Robert Laing Connor, 56 Constitution Street, Cape Town
Harry Michael DALY
British subject, Previous service: MRF 9 months, Med Unfit
Reg. no 1112
Enlisted: P M Burg 29 Oct 1900
Age: 27, Height: 6 ft, Weight: 154 lbs, Chest: 35 - 37
Complexion: Fresh, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Lt Brown
Size of head: 6 5/6, Size of feet: 7
Mother: Mrs D Daly, Graaf Reinet, CC
Charles John DAVIS
British subject, Previous service: Border Horse
Enlisted: Dundee 3 Jan 1901
Age: 25 yrs 11 months, Height: 5 ft 7
Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Blue, Hair: Dark, Size of head: 6 ½, Size of foot: 7
Next of Kin: Mrs Rose Radloff, c/o Post Office, Point, Durban
Brother in Law: A Sq A Radloff
David Michael [Marshall deleted] DAWS
British subject, No previous service
Age: 17, Height: 5 ft 6½ , Weight: 130 lbs, Chest: 33½ - 35
Complexion: Fresh, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Dark
Size of head: 6 5/8, Size of feet: 7
Father: David Daws, 11 Gertrude St, P M Burg
George DAY
Reg. no. 905
British subject
Previous service: 3 months Colonial Scouts
Enlisted: P M Burg 19 Apr 1900
Father: John Day, 173 Chapel St, PMB, Natal
Frank Francis David DEVINE
Dis. At Dundee as undesirable
British subject
Previous service: BBP Cape Police
Enlisted: Durban 29 Jan 1901
Born: Port Elizabeth Aug '71
Previous service: C M Police 4 months
How discharged: Purchase, BBP own request, Matabele Campaign, Uganda Transport
Occupation: Shoeing smith
Height: 5 ft 9½, Weight: 155bs, Eyes: Brown, Hair: dark brown
Tatt over both arms
Present address: Umlaas Waterworks, Durban
Father FD, Gas Factory, Johannesburg
Percy DOUGLAS
Reg. no. 1095
British subject, No previous service
Age: 20, Height: 5 ft 6, Weight: 134 lbs, Chest: 35 - 37
Complexion: Fresh, Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Brown, Size of head: 6 5/8, Size of feet: 8
Aunt: Mrs J Pearce, Lower Ilovo. Natal
John William DUBOIS
Reg. no. 1122
British subject, Previous service: MMR 7 months Disbanded
Enlisted: P M Burg 16 Dec 1900
Age: 20, Height: 5 ft 6½, Weight: 138 lbs, Chest: 33 - 36½
Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Hazel, Hair: Dark
Brother: Percy Dubois, c/o Mrs Upfold, 6 Zeidenberg St, P M Burg
Percy DUBOIS
British subject, No previous service
Enlisted: P M Burg 26 Nov 1900
Age: 19, Height: 5 ft 6, Weight: 132 lbs, Chest: 33½ - 35
Complexion: Dark, Eyes: Grey, Hair: Brown, Size of head: 6 5/8, Size of feet: 6
Sister: V Dubois, Boom St, P M Burg