Lt Colonel Ernest Walter Yeatherd was killed On This Day 26 February 1900 in the second Boer War. Born Streatham Common.
YEATHERD, Lt-Colonel Ernest Walter (-1900) (Grave 20,667, square 18) - memorial only at West Norwood Cemetery.
Youngest son of George Yeatherd (-1902) of Streatham Common. Second-in-command, 2nd battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment (The Kings Own). Mortally wounded whilst leading the regiment, battle of Groblers Kloof, during the final advance on Ladysmith, 22 February 1900. Died Station Hospital, Pieter-Maritzburg, 26 February and buried there
Source: King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster and Bob Flanagan, West Norwood Cemetery
YEATHERD, Lt-Colonel Ernest Walter (-1900) (Grave 20,667, square 18) - memorial only at West Norwood Cemetery.
Youngest son of George Yeatherd (-1902) of Streatham Common. Second-in-command, 2nd battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment (The Kings Own). Mortally wounded whilst leading the regiment, battle of Groblers Kloof, during the final advance on Ladysmith, 22 February 1900. Died Station Hospital, Pieter-Maritzburg, 26 February and buried there
Source: King's Own Royal Regiment Museum Lancaster and Bob Flanagan, West Norwood Cemetery
