Thirty-four Riflemen of the Queen’s Own volunteered for service with the First Canadian Contingent. Most of them served with 2 (Toronto) Company the 2nd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry (RCRI) created specifically for the contingent from Militia units across Canada.
Captain R.K. Barker was Company Commander of 2 Company and a former Rifleman, Lieutenant-Colonel William D Otter, commanded the Battalion.
Three Riflemen died and six were wounded in action. Where soldiers have biography pages on this site they are highlighted, Companies the soldiers belong to in the Queen’s Own are listed in the second column.
| Last Name, Rank, Given Names | QOR Co. | Notes |
| Allen, Private Carleton Woodford | J Coy | WIA* Cronje’s Laager 17 Feb 1900 |
| Anderson, Private FT | E Coy | |
| Barker, Captain Rybert Kent | C Coy | Comanding C Co. 2nd RCRI |
| Beattie, Sergeant Albert | J Coy | Died of Enteric Fever 14 Apr 1900 |
| Bird, Private Bernard Martin | D Coy | |
| Blight, Private Walter Stansfield | G Coy | Died of Enteric Fever 15 Apr 1900 |
| Cozzens, Private Harry Alex | F Coy | Also 2nd Contingent, 3rd CMR* |
| Dixon, Sergeant Harold Wm A | H Coy | |
| Eakins, Private George R | D Coy | |
| Ellis, Private George Spencer | G Coy | |
| Hector, Private Frederick Thomas D | E Coy | |
| Hewitt, Sergeant William Hamilton | H Coy | |
| Hoskins, Corporal Ralph Wyatt | H Coy | |
| Igelstrom, Private Fred Walker | J Coy | |
| Jackson, Private Charles Ernest E [1] | KIA at Paardeberg 18 Feb 1900 | |
| Jordan, Corporal Joseph | A Coy | |
| Jordan, Private James | ||
| Kennedy, Private James | A Coy | WIA at Paardeberg 18 Feb 1900 |
| Kidner, Private Reginald Wm | A Coy | |
| McGiverin, Private William Lorimer | J Coy | WIA at Paardeberg 18 Feb 1900 |
| Playfair, Private Stuart Bryce | ||
| Redway, Private Edgar Henry | A Coy | |
| Rooke, Private William James | G Coy | |
| Seager, Private John | A Coy | Also 2nd Contingent, 6th CMR |
| Stewart, Private Malcolm MacKenzie | J Coy | |
| Tomlinson, Private Charles | F Coy | |
| Ussher, Private John Fredrick H | WIA at Paardeberg 18 Feb 1900 | |
| Vanderwater, Private Wm Maurice | WIA at Paardeberg 18 Feb 1900 | |
| Ward, Private Sherwell Maswood | F Coy | WIA at Paardeberg 18 Feb 1900 |
| Weir, Private Frederick Eugene | F Coy | |
| Williams, Bugler Douglas Frank | Bugles | Also 1902 Contingent, 2nd CMR |
| Wilson, Private Norman Waring | G Coy | |
| Young, Private Henry | F Coy | |
| Young, Private Robert Malcom | F Coy |
Notes:
CMR is Canadian Mounted Rifles,
WIA is Wounded in action
[1] Jackson, a member of the Queen’s Own, tried to enlist with the contingent for South Africa but was rejected because his arm didn’t show any vaccination marks. Somehow though he was able to enlist after joining the Haldimand Battalion.
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