Sheldons in War
This is a list of Sheldons who have either fought in South Africa (e.g. the Second Anglo-Boer War) or fought with South African nationality (e.g. the First and Second World Wars).
SECOND ANGLO-BOER WAR (1899 - 1902)
Sheldon, Sergeant, Warwickshire Regiment
Sheldon, Unknown Rank, Royal Army Medical Corps
A. (Albert?) Sheldon, Trooper, Regimental Number: 1556, Bethunes Mounted Infantry
A. (Albert?) Sheldon, Unknown Rank, South African Light Horse
Alfred Sheldon, Trooper, Regimental Number: 6410, Imperial Yeomanry
A. Sheldon, Trooper, Regimental Number: 548, Royal Horse Guards
A. Sheldon, Sergeant, Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry
C. Sheldon, Private, Regimental Number: 4742, 17th Lancers
Charles Sheldon, Regimental Number: 6257, King's Royal Rifle Corps and Royal Garrison Regiment
Charles Edward Sheldon, Regimental Number: 23196, Kitchener's Horse and Roberts' Horse
Charles Mills Sheldon, American journalist
E. Sheldon, Lance-Corporal, Regimental Number: 3276, 10th Hussars
Ernest George Sheldon, Brabant's Horse
G. Sheldon, Private, Regimental Number: 5444, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
George Frederick Rainsford Sheldon, Trooper, Regimental Number: 2376, Australian Commonwealth Horse
H. Sheldon, Private, Regimental Number: 3156, 14th Hussars
H. Sheldon, Orderly, Regimental Number: 626, St. John's Ambulance Brigade
H. Sheldon, Sergeant, Regimental Number: 13755, Royal Army Medical Corps
Henry Sheldon, Squadron Sergeant-Major, Regimental Number: 42112, Imperial Yeomanry
J. Sheldon, Private, Regimental Number: 2168, Northumberland Fusiliers
J. Sheldon, Private, Regimental Number: 2126, Middlesex Regiment
J. Sheldon, Private, Regiment Number: 6903, Royal Irish Fusiliers
J. Sheldon, 2nd Engineer, Regimental Number: 1091, 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
John Mark Sheldon, Imperial Light Infantry and Steinaecker's Horse
Johnstone Sheldon, journalist
James Huss Sheldon, Corporal, Regimental Number: 27421, Commander in Chief's Bodyguard
Larsh Adolph Sheldon, Trooper, Regimental Number: 31421, Prince of Wales' Light Horse
P. Sheldon, Private, Regimental Number: 3198, Middlesex Regiment
Robert Sheldon, Regimental Number: 1076, Cape Police
Robert Macbeth Sheldon, Trooper, Regimental Number: 15197, Imperial Yeomanry
S. Sheldon, Private, Regimental Number: 4487, Cheshire Regiment
T. Sheldon, Private, Regimental Number: 4179, King's Royal Rifle Corps
T. Sheldon, Private, Regimental Number: 6838, Lancashire Fusiliers
T. Sheldon, Gunner, Regimental Number: 94958, Royal Field Artillery
T. Sheldon, Saddler, Regimental Number: 3870, 7th Dragoon Guards
William James Sheldon, Trooper, Regimental Number: 2312, 1st Battalion, Imperial Light Horse
FIRST WORLD WAR (1914-1918)
Algernon Victor Sheldon, Naudes Scouts and Royal Flying Corps, service number 184552
C. Sheldon, Lieutenant Corporal, Service Number: 1010, 1st Battalion Cape Corps
C. Sheldon, Private, Service Number: 6685, 2nd Battalion and 1st Battalion Cape Corps
E. Sheldon, Private, Service Number: 967, 1st Battalion Cape Corps
E. Sheldon, Private, Service Number: 1010, "D" Company, 1st Battalion Cape Corps
J. Sheldon, Private, Cape Colored Labor Regiment
Robert Macbeth Sheldon, Private, Service Number: 7905, South African Infantry
SECOND WORLD WAR (1939-1945)
Daniel Victor Sheldon, Lieutenant, Service Number: 206489V, South African Air Force
H.J.T. Sheldon, Lieutenant Colonel, 35 Squadron, South African Air Force
Iris M. Sheldon, Private, Service Number: 576892, Women's Auxiliary Army Services, S.A. Forces
J. (Julius?) Sheldon, Private, Service Number: C/23947, Cape Corps, S.A. Forces