Service Details
Name:
 STUMP
Given Name:
 HENRY RICHARD
Initials:
 H R
Service No:
 1602
Rank:
 Rifleman
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Regiment:
 South African Mounted Rifles
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Unit:
 4th Regt.
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Unit 2:
 "A" Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1915-02-26
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Age:
 39
Cause of Death:
 Died accidentally, fractured skull and ribs, and liver punctured while participating in Regimental sports at Roberts Heights. He was performing Individual Lemon Cutting when his horse appeared to stumble and fall, trapping him underneath. He was killed instantly.
Additional
Information:
Son of John Henry Stump, of Dyer House, Cheltenham, England. Born Chepstow, England. ***CWGC has H H Stump on headstone
Commemoration
Country:
 South Africa
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Locality:
 Gauteng
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Cemetery:
 THABA TSHWANE (OLD No.1) MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 C. 11.

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