4081 Private A Levitt, 2nd Battalion the (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment. He deployed with his battalion to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Avondale on 2 Dec 1899, and arrived at the Cape about the 25 Dec 1899. They were sent round to Durban. Along with the 2nd Dorsetshire Regiment and 2nd Somerset Light Infantry they formed the 10th Brigade under Major General Talbot Coke, part of the Ladysmith relief force. They fought at Venter's Spruit and Spion Kop between 20-24 Jan 1900 where they lost 23 killed and 65 wounded. Private Levitt was one of those wounded at Spion Kop in the operations on the Upper Tugela, about 6 miles east of Acton Homes, on 24 Jan 1900. He was evacuated to 4 Stationary Field Hospital at Spearman's Farm, about 6 miles north of Winterton, Natal. He died of his wounds 3 days later on 27 Jan 1900. He was buried in Spearman's Cemetery.
Actual burial here
He is commemorated on the Middlesex Regiment memorials on Spion Kop (see: https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2266216 and https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2266439). He is also commemorated on the 2nd Battalion the (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment Boer War memorial in St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, London, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/226015/).
Actual burial here
He is commemorated on the Middlesex Regiment memorials on Spion Kop (see: https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2266216 and https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2266439). He is also commemorated on the 2nd Battalion the (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment Boer War memorial in St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, London, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/226015/).
4081 Private A Levitt, 2nd Battalion the (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment. He deployed with his battalion to South Africa for the Second Anglo Boer War, sailing on the Avondale on 2 Dec 1899, and arrived at the Cape about the 25 Dec 1899. They were sent round to Durban. Along with the 2nd Dorsetshire Regiment and 2nd Somerset Light Infantry they formed the 10th Brigade under Major General Talbot Coke, part of the Ladysmith relief force. They fought at Venter's Spruit and Spion Kop between 20-24 Jan 1900 where they lost 23 killed and 65 wounded. Private Levitt was one of those wounded at Spion Kop in the operations on the Upper Tugela, about 6 miles east of Acton Homes, on 24 Jan 1900. He was evacuated to 4 Stationary Field Hospital at Spearman's Farm, about 6 miles north of Winterton, Natal. He died of his wounds 3 days later on 27 Jan 1900. He was buried in Spearman's Cemetery.
Actual burial here
He is commemorated on the Middlesex Regiment memorials on Spion Kop (see: https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2266216 and https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2266439). He is also commemorated on the 2nd Battalion the (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment Boer War memorial in St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, London, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/226015/).
Actual burial here
He is commemorated on the Middlesex Regiment memorials on Spion Kop (see: https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2266216 and https://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2266439). He is also commemorated on the 2nd Battalion the (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Middlesex Regiment Boer War memorial in St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, London, England (see: https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/226015/).
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