Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery | 7. B. 3. | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 34C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | Queen's South Africa Medal 5 Clasps King's South African Campaign Medal | ||
Family :
Son of J. and A. S. M. Paine; husband of Julie F. N. Paine, of Inzinga, Natal, South Africa. Born in Bedfordshire, England.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, South Africa.
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 10th Regt South African Infantry |
| Action : Africa |
The East African Campaign was a series of battles and guerrilla actions which started in German East Africa (now Tanzania) and ultimately impacted portions of Mozambique, Northern Rhodesia, British East Africa, Uganda, and the Belgian Congo. The German colonial forces, led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, skillfully fought for the duration of World War I and surrendered only after that war had ended. Other campaigns were conducted in West and South West Africa.
Detail :
His death is also reported in the St Neots Advertiser Hunts & Beds News on the 10th November 1916. "ROXTON - CAPT. A. PAINE KILLED We regret to record the death in action in East Africa of Captain Alfred Paine of the South African Infantry, who had been through severe fighting with his regiment against the enemy in that part of the world. Captain Paine was born in Roxton, Bedfordshire and was the son of the Late Jabez Paine of Brewers Hill, Great Barford and Mrs Paine, Adelaide Square, Bedford, grandson of the late Mr Jabez Paine of Pavenham. He was educated at Christ Hospital, London and was a crack shot with rifle and revolver. After a years’ training with the 21st Rifles he left England at the early age of 18. For New Zealand, where he served for five years in the Alexandra Cavalry Volunteers. After ten years residence in N. Z., Captain Paine went to South Africa, arriving there just in time to take part in the Matabele War in 1896, for which he gained a medal. He served in the Natal Carbineers from 1897 to 1903 and during the Boer War fought with that regiment and with Loxton’s Horse and Guides. During the siege of Ladysmith he was wounded twice in one day. Queens and King’s medals and five claps were awarded him for the Boer War. During the Natal Zula rebellion in 1906 Captain Paine was a leader of the Reserves in the Newcastle Division, and when hostilities commenced in German South-West Africa he served as Captain in Botha’s Natal Horse. His duty took him to the campaign in March this year."
A similar story appeared in Bedfordshire Times and Bedfordshire Independent months earlier on the 10th March, 1916 reflecting the progress in Africa of the 10th South African Infantry.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Newcastle No. 2097 E.C. | Natal |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
28th October 1901 | 28th November 1901 | 30th December 1901 |
In 1901, at the time of his initiation, Alfred is listed as a Farmer, resident at Mount Prospect.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley