Service Details
Name:
 MAPHAM
Given Name:
 GEORGE WILLIAM
Initials:
 G W
Service No:
 329
Rank:
 Burgher
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Regiment:
 Mounted Commandos, S.A. Forces
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Unit:
 Geyser's Commando
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Date of Death:
 1914-12-05
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Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received in a fight with rebels west of Warmbaths
Additional
Information:
Son of William Francis and Elizabeth Annie (nee Carney) Mapham, of Fair View, Hulton Street, Bedford. Husband of Emma Florence Mary (born Battiss) Mapham. Served as a Trooper with Nesbitt's Horse in the ABW 1899 ? 1902. A farmer. Served with Geyser's Commando in the Afrikaner Rebellion 1914. His father also served with Nesbitt's Horse in the ABW. Commemorated on the Bedford, Eastern Cape and Bedford Presbyterian Church WWI Memorials. His brother Walter Leslie Mapham also died in service
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Limpopo Province
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Cemetery:
 POLOKWANE (OR PIETERSBURG) CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 British Garden of Remembrance.

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