archie777 Posted May 31 Posted May 31 After collecting forage, a party under Lieut. Lloyd, ASC, which included several privates as escort, were returning with their wagons when they were surrounded by large numbers of Boers and had to surrender. WO 108-372 (SA Surrenders). George Eady, a Stockbroker from London, enlisted in “A” Squadron of Loch’s Horse on 26 March 1900. He was one of the men under Lt Lloyd taken prisoner and held in the Waterval PoW Camp north of Pretoria. After his release on 6 June 1900, he re-joined his unit only to die of enteric at Kroonstad on 10 November 1900.
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