George Redvers Hope FURMAGE

1900 - Abt 1918  (18 years)

• Name	George Redvers Hope FURMAGE
  Birth	11 Feb 1900	Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	P1900-ZA034
  Death	Abt 17 Oct 1918	France   [3, 4]
  	Killed in Action
  Person ID	I1568	Furmedge
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2026

  
  

  Father	John FURMAGE,   b. 8 Aug 1865, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d. 9 Feb 1911, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Marion Smith BOYD,   b. Abt 1878, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 1 Nov 1932, Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	3 May 1899	Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa   [5]
  Family ID	F698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 11 Feb 1900 - Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa Death - Abt 17 Oct 1918 - France  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  George Redvers Hope Furmage, Private South African Infantry Private George Redvers Hope Furmage was killed in action on 17 October 1918. He was initially buried at Chateau Seydoux British Cemetery (Plot 1, Row AA, Grave 9). His body was exhumed and re-buried at Ors British Cemetery around April 1923 as part of post-war concentration efforts. He is also commemorated on www.findagrave.com (Memorial ID:… Plot: A22

  
  

• Sources

  [S697] The Scotsman, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (online archive), Birth Notice, Furmage - at Pietermaritzburg, Natal, on Sunday the 11th February, the wife of John Furmage (of Johannesburg), of a son; published 19 March 1900, Page: 12. [S446] South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, George Redvers Hope Furmage, 1900, Entry in Register of Births, District: Pietermaritzburg, Colony of Natal, Page: 110, Entry: 156; digital image accessed on www.familysearch.org. [S694] South Africa, Transvaal, Master of the Supreme Court, George Redvers Hope Furmage, Imperial Service Contingents, Certificate dated 25 Jan 1919; digital image accessed on www.familysearch.org; original data: Transvaal Archives Depot, Pretoria. [S694] South Africa, Transvaal, Master of the Supreme Court, George Hope Redvers Furmage, Death Notice, 1919; digital image accessed on www.familysearch.org; original data: Transvaal Archives Depot, Pretoria. [S693] Presbyterian Church (Bree Street, Johannesburg, Witwatersrand Gold Fields, South Africa), Register, John Furmage, Marriage Entry, 1899, Johannesburg Religious Marriage Records, Church of the Province of South Africa; digital image accessed on www.familysearch.org.