Captain Howard Theyre Weigall
Royal Army Service Corps (RASC)
Date of Birth: 1st quarter 1864
Place of Birth: Kensington, London.
Date of Death: 1942 aged 78
Buried: Teignmouth Old Cemetery, plot QQ26
Awarded the 1915 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory medal
Howard was born in Kensington in the 1st quarter of 1864.
His mother was Jenny Weigall who was born in Malta in 1840, and his father was Alfred Weigall who was born in London, 1835.
In 1871, Howard was living at The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire, with his parents and some of his siblings. There were five servants present.
| Howard and his siblings | |
| Spencer Weigall 1861 | Stanley M Weigall 1863 |
| Howard T Weigall 1864 | Harold W Weigall 1866 |
| Edith R Weigall 1868 | Grahame S Weigall 1871 |
| Mary J S Weigall 1875 | Cyril T Weigall 1880 |
In 1881, Howard and his family were still living at the same address, the census shows that his father, Alfred Weigall was a Artist Portrait Painter and Poor Law Guardian.
In 1895, Howard married Emily Jane Margaret Lloyd, their marriage was registered in Newton Abbot.
Howard left the UK in the same year to visit Wellington, New Zealand with wife Emily.
Howard then joined up for the South African War (also called the Second Boer War or the Second War of Independence), which was fought from October 11, 1899, to May 31, 1902, between Great Britain and the two Boer (Afrikaner) republics-the South African Republic (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State-resulting in British victory. Howard was a Corporal, service number 20412, in the Regiment 106 (Staffordshire) Company 4 Battalion Imperial Yeomanry.
Yeomanry at ease Boer war (CC by 3.0)
The Imperial Yeomanry was a volunteer mounted force of the British Army that mainly saw action during the Second Boer War.
Created on 2 January 1900, the force was initially recruited from the middle classes and traditional yeomanry sources, but subsequent contingents were more significantly working class in their composition.
In 1901, Emily was living at 2, Coromandel Villas, Paignton. Emily and Howard had two children, Edward Weigall, 1896 born in New Zealand, and Eustace Weigall 1900 born in Starston, Norfolk. They also had one servant living with them.
Howard then joined the R.A.S.C. (the Royal Army Service Corps) as a Captain.
Both Howard and Emily died in 1942.
The Army Service Corps (ASC)
The ASC was the branch of the British Army that was responsible providing the supplies needed by other units who were fighting on many fronts.
Troops of the 34 Auxiliary Patrol Company, 960 Motor Transport Company, Army Service Corps. © IWM (Q 71933)
During the Great War, using horses, motor vehicles, railways and waterways for transportation the ASC supplied millions of tons of food, fuel and other provisions to where needed.
The ASC Mechanical Transport (MT) Companies used motor-driven vehicles.
