Description
Queen’s South Africa, bar Natal, 908 Private Charles Templeman Fotheringham, Durban Light Infantry, Scotsman who came to South Africa, shot himself with a revolver in 1903.
Officially impressed: “908 Pte C. Fotheringham. Durban L.I.”
Confirmed on the medal roll.
Very crisp condition, one tiny bruise, as he died around the time of issue.
He and his brother were only 2 “Fotheringhams” to earn the QSA.
Charles Templeman Fotheringham, was born in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland on 9th August 1872.
He was shown in Corstorphine in the 1881 census, and look to have come to South Africa during the 1880s where he later worked as a Tradesman.
His parents were John and Margaret Fotheringham nee Minto, it was noted that his mother’s address in 1903 was in Adelaide, South Australia. Most of his family lived in Australia, the only ones remaining there were him and his brother John Philip Fotheringham, who served by his side in the Durban Light Infantry in the Boer War, he later died in 1914.
During the Boer War, Charles enlisted into the Durban Light Infantry with service number 908 in January 1900 and was later discharged in October 1900.
Meanwhile his older brother, John Philip Fotheringham (Born 1868), had also signed up with the same Regiment as service number 884, serving from 1st Dec 1899 also until October 1900.
Following the war, he returned to being a Plumber, when he died on 11th August 1903.
It was determined that the cause of death was: ‘Bullet Wound of Head, Shot himself with a Revolver. “Suicide” ‘
