- Find a Grave website Memorial ID 229544621
BIRTH 1866
DEATH 5 Jun 1900 (aged 34) at Hofmeyr Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
BURIAL Hofmeyr Cemetery Hofmeyr Chris Hani District Municipality Eastern Cape South Africa
Trooper 1671 G. Whitfield 1st Life Guards QSA
Died of disease - enteric fever 5th Jun 1900 at Maraisburg. In 1911 Maraisburg was renamed Hofmeyr.
An inscription on his parents' headstone at Lanchester Co Durham, UK, identifies him as George Whitfield age 34.
Inscription reads:- In affectionate rememberance of
Jane beloved wife of John Whitefield of Low Town who died 20th Nov 1884 also the above
John Whitfield who died 25th dec 1896 aged 65 Also
George Whitfield son of the above who died at Maraisburg South Africa on 5th Jun 1900 aged 37
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