Lance Corporal Hugh Darragh
Number: 26206
Company: 60th (Belfast) Company (New), 17th Battalion, Second Contingent
ENLISTMENT
Date: 11 February 1901
Place: Belfast
Age: 20 years 1 month
Trade of calling: Postman/ post office clerk
Place of birth: In the Parish of Shankill, in or near the Town of Belfast, in the County of Antrim.
Family: Single. Father James Darragh, labourer, mother Margaret Darragh (nee Snadder/ Sneddin), of Winburn Street, Belfast.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 4 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair dark.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 12 March 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, 1901 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 27 December 1901
Place: No.11 Stationary Hospital, Winburg
Cause: Enteric fever
Buried/ commemorated: Winburg Old Cemetery/ Winburg Garden of Remembrance.
An image of Darragh appears in a group photo here.
This page last updated 22 April 2026.