Frederick Lewis Wright - St Martin of Tours - Lyndon, Rutland - Police Memorials on Waymarking.com

Memorial plaque in St Martin of Tours' church to Frederick Lewis Wright, a trooper of the South African Constabulary, Killed accidentally 17 Jun 1902 in Roodepoort Nek, S.Africa.

The SAC were established in September 1900 as the police force in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony. (visit link)

"Trooper, South African Constabulary. Army no. 1311
He was the son of Benjamin and Jane Wright of Lyndon
He died whilst on active service on 17 June 1902 at Roodepport Nek.

On the north wall of the north aisle of Lyndon Church there is a plaque which commemorates the death in South Africa. The account here is from the Grantham Journal of 5 July 1902:
Sad news reached [Lyndon] on June 24th, by telegram from the War Office to Mr and Mrs B Wright, stating that their eldest son, Frederick Lewis [of the South African Constabulary] had been thrown from his horse in South Africa, causing concussion of the brain, from which he died. He was well-known and respected, gaining many friends wherever he went, and his death will be felt and deplored.
Great sympathy is expressed for the bereaved parents and his brother, in their trouble."

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The inscription reads -
In Loving Memory of
FREDERICK LEWIS WRIGHT
OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTABULARY
BORN AT LYNDON 19TH AUGUST 1874
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED WHILE ON DUTY
AT ROODEPOORTTE NEK 17TH JUNE 1902
THY WILL BE DONE

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