Roll of Honour 2023

P AGE 4

B OER W AR (1900 - 1902)

S T . E DWARD ’ S S CHOOL , O XFORD R OLL OF H ONOUR

N AME ALFRED LUND (Major)

L EFT SES 1878

R OLL N UMBER 274

S ET / H OUSE NA

A RRIVE SES 1874

D IED 1902

W HERE KROONSTAD, SOUTH AFRICA S ERVING WITH THE ROYAL FUSILIERS

A GE 39

Buried Kroonstad, South Africa Remembered The St. Edward’s School Chapel (Brass Plaque)

Born in 1863, during his four years with the School his academic and sporting prowess did not warrant any mention in the records. On leaving, he joined the City of London Regiment, 5th Royal Fusiliers and by the time the Boer War broke out he was already a Major and had married in 1899. The same year his regiment was garrisoned at the Tower of London and was sent to Dover for immediate shipment out to South Africa. On the trip over Lund was accompanied by another OSE, Frederick Helbert (Roll 347), also a Major in the Royal Fusiliers. Alfred Lund served for three years in South Africa, without a scratch, but died of Enteric Fever in 1902 in Kroonstad.