Boer War

We have records of several Deddington men who served in the Boer War 

Those who served & returned

George Bott   - some of his letters home are reproduced on p.2 of A Parish at War and his arrival home is recorded on p.4 of The Supplement in an extract from the Deddington Deanery Magasine

Harry Harper      )

William Kettle     ) Reference to all 4 of these men returning home can also be seen in extracts from the Deddington Deanery Magasine

William Penn       )

William Williams  )

John Vincent an article in the Banbury Guardian dated 10 January 1901 tells of an impressive welcome home for John and some of experiences in South Africa. The 1901 census shows he was back at his job of Postman

George Smith - Sergeant in the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry. He was a member of the extensive Smith family whose story can be found HERE

Pte Daniel Satchell DCM - was a cousin to Charles (see those who died below).He served in The Oxfordshire Light Infantry.

The Banbury Guardian of 10 January 1901 printed a letter from him in which he recounts an incident - also recorded in The London Gazette - for which he received the Distinguished Conduct Medal. A fuller acccount of Daniel and the action he was involved in can be found HERE

Those who died

Constable Charles Frederick Satchell.

In the 1891 census he is living with his family on New Street aged 12. They are not listed in the 1901 census.

He joined the South African Constabulary and died of pneumonia in Kimberley Hospital in 1901.

See more about Charles and Daniel HERE