Joseph Heywood

Joseph Heywood

aged 23  Pte   St John Ambulance Brigade, died at Estcourt 25th August 1900

born in Carlisle 1877 to Thomas & Margaret Heywood,  in 1891 the family were living at Brewery Lane,

Keswick, Joe was an apprentice printer.

St John Ambulance aimed to provide trained reserves for army hospitals. Its first official role was in the South African (or Boer) war, 1899-1902, when nearly a quarter of the Army Medical Service in South Africa were St John Reserves, acting as medical orderlies.

Book of Remembrance, St George's Cathedral, Cape Town
This illuminated work contains the names of 27,000 officers and men who died during the South African War (1899-1902). Eighty-two names are shown under the heading 'Volunteer Ambulances' and the remark, 'St John Ambulance Brigade', is appended to 63 of the names. Rank is indicated, but apart from the initials, no other details are provided.

SUPERINTENDENT                             SERGEANT
Giddens C                                                 Plumb W
                                                                     Willmore CI
PRIVATES

Alder GW                                                 Green G*                                                     Pegram WC
Applegate DJ                                         Harris T                                                       Pearce C
Barrett JVL                                            Hawkins EA                                                Pegley W*
Birtwistle SH                                          Heywood, J                                                Pickles GH
Bettles CR                                                Holden GE                                                  Pickles J
Borer HJ                                                  Huggell JW                                                 Powell CH
Brock JT                                                  Houghton E                                                Robertson F
Brown TJ                                                 Howarth TH                                               Richardson WR
Buck P                                                      Jones RE                                                      Sawford JW
Clarkson SHT                                         King J                                                            Siddle F
Clements W                                            Knight W                                                      Smith S
Cooper FH                                              Lanchberry WE                                         Stonier T
Cox W                                                       Leader FG                                                    Symes EB 
Doe B                                                         Lister H                                                       Taylor W
Ellis A                                                       Malkin JW                                                   Thornbery WH
Dixon W                                                   Maddock J                                                  Thornley W
Errington J                                             Manship A                                                  Ton WW

Farrow A                                                 Marsden A                                                  Windle T
Goodwin JH                                           Massey R                                                     Woodhams A
Grace R