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Canadian Tribute Medal, 1899-1900 - by: djb

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Picture courtesy of DNW

Canada Tribute Medal 1899-1900, by F. W. Ellis & Co., 34mm, silver, the obverse with a sheathed sword together with a dove of peace, laurel leaf wreath above, and maple leaves below, and inscribed ‘Canada’s Brave Boys, South Africa 1900, Welcome Home’, the reverse showing a returning soldier being greeted at the door of his home by his wife and dog

The edge engraved ‘Percy H. Stacey. From City of St. Thomas.’, with crossed swords suspension surmounted by a crown, with maple leaf at centre, and banner inscribed ‘Canada Africa 1899 1900’

Percy Heard Stacey, a native of St. Thomas, Ontario, was born c.1880 and attested for Military Service in March 1900. He served in South Africa during the Boer War with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, and was discharged on Christmas Day 1900. He also received the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Johannesburg.

RRCs for the Boer War - by: djb

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Georgina Elizabeth Moncreiffe was born on 9 August 1846, the daughter of Sir Thomas Moncreiffe, 7th Bt. and Lady Louisa Hay-Drummond. She married William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley, son of William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward of Birmingham and Amelia Pillans, on 21 November 1865. As a result of her marriage, Georgina Elisabeth Moncreiffe was styled as Countess of Dudley on 21 November 1865 and her married name became Ward. Her husband died on 7 May 1885.

During the Boer War and Great War, Lady Dudley served with the British Red Cross Society. In late 1900, she was involved in running the Mayfair nursing home for disabled officers under the auspices of the Red Cross. Her actions at that time proved to be pivotal in ensuring Captain Trenchard (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force) recovered from his wound. She was invested as a Dame of Justice, Order of St. John of Jerusalem (DJStJ) and decorated with the award of Royal Red Cross (RRC).

Medals to the Pietersburg Light Horse - by: djb

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In the next Kaplan auction there is a QSA named to Pietersburg Light Horse:

Lot T023
QSA (2) Tvl and SA1902
585 Tpr M. GOLDWASSER Pietersburg L.H.
With a photocopy of the original page of the Roll showing his bar entitlement. He is mentioned in the book “The Bushveldt Carbineer’s and the Pietersburg L.H.” by Bill Woolmore Page 194 VF+
Est R2800

I was wondering how rare are QSAs to the PLH and how much of a premium their predecessor unit adds?

David

QSAs with clasp Elandslaagte - by: elandslaagte

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Hi All
I am a collector of Q.S.A medals . I have always had a passion to collect medals with the Elandslaagte clasp/s. Like most collectors when starting, you collect any QSA , as time goes you tend to identify an interest in one or two battles.

I grew up in the Talana and Elandslaagte area, hence my interest in the mentioned battles.
I am at a stage in my collecting that I have dedicated my collecting only to the QSA medals with the clasp/clasps to Elandslaagte and partly the Dundee Town Guard.

If any collector wishes to part with any Elandslaagte medal/s I would be willing to consider purchase/ or exchange.

Willing to consider exchanging Q.S.A-Mafeking Town Guard Medal [Mafeking Town Guard] for an Officers medal with clasp/clasp Elandslaagte. Other medals include wounded in action.
My particular interest is the Imperial Light Horse.
Regards
Elandslaagte

Medals to the Commander in Chief's Bodyguard - by: Stu C in C

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I have 2 medals to this Regiment / Corps purchased 10 years apart. Having looked on this site, I am worried about the clasps on the 6 clasp medal as the top three are in the wrong order. Is it possible that clasps were attached in the wrong order or should I be worried about the genuineness of the clasps awarded.?

25493 Trooper William Kitchen (appears as Kitcher on this site.?!)

The clasps from bottom to top are : CC, OFS, Tr, South Africa 1901, Witt and Wepener.

Can anyone give me some advice on the clasps and indeed the surname.?

Thanks.

QSAs with the clasp Wepener - by: djb

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The purpose of this thread is for QSAs with the clasp Wepener.

From my research so far, there are some 2,050 Wepener clasps issued Due to the subdsequent movement of troops between units, there are a wide range of primarily South African units to which the clasp was ultimately issues.

This table shows the approximate number of clasps issue by unit.

Cape Mounted Rifles - 513
2nd Brabant's Horse - 473
Kaffrarian Rifles - 422
1st Brabant's Horse - 392
Royal Scots - 83
Driscoll's Scouts - 78
South African Constabulary - 25
Royal Engineers - 11
Prince of Wales Light Horse - 9
KFS, 2nd - 8
Scottish Horse, 1st Battalion - 7
Prince Alfred’s Own Volunteer Guard - 5
Johannesburg Mounted Rifles - 3
Royal Garrison Artillery - 3
Imperial Light Horse, 2nd Battalion - 2
Scottish Horse, 2nd Battalion - 2
Imperial Light Horse, 1st Battalion 1
Cape Medical Staff Corps - 1
Lancashire Fusiliers 1
7th Hussars 1

A good example is the group to C L Wells, of the JMR. Biography from DNW.



Charles Lionell Wells was present at Wepener as a Trooper in the Cape Mounted Rifles and was subsequently appointed to a commission in the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles. He was dangerously wounded near Driefontein on 1 May 1901 and mentioned in despatches London Gazette 3 December 1901, ‘For dash and judgement in attack on position at Waterval on 10th September, 1901’.

Wells received a commission in the Regular Army as Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, on 28 August 1902, becoming Lieutenant on 6 April 1903. He was attached to the North Nigeria Regiment and took part in the Kano-Sokoto campaign, January-July 1903, and was mentioned in despatches for his part in the action at Kotorokoshi which resulted in the award of the Victoria Cross to Lieutenant Wallace Wright, The Queen’s Regiment. The London Gazette of 31 July 1903 reported: ‘Lieut. W. D. Wright, with Lieut. C. L. Wells and 45 men of the Mounted Infantry left on the 24th, reaching Korokoshi on the 25th. He there came into contact with and was charged by the advance party of the enemy coming down the road from Kaura but routed them with the loss of 40 killed and numerous prisoners. Continuing his advance towards Rawia he was riding up to a Chief who apparently wished to surrender, when he was suddenly charged from an ambuscade by about 30 horsemen, who broke through his men but were repulsed with a loss of 5 killed. Lieut. Wright was informed by his scouts at 8 a.m. that the enemy were advancing in force. He immediately formed square round his horsesheld by his carriers and prisoners. The enemy in great numbers charged the square repeatedly for two hours. At 10 a.m. the enemy drew off leaving 65 horsemen dead within 30 yards of the square, 11 of them being recognised as principal chiefs of Kano... Lieut. Wright makes special mention of the assistance he received from Lieut. C. L. Wells, 3rd Hampshire Regiment, who between enemy charges, was employed in cutting down thorn bushes to form a zariba outside the square.’

Another member of the JMR to receive the clasp was Capt N Johnston. He had served as a Lieutenant in the Kaffrarian Rifles and Brabant’s Horse.



One of the collecting themes of old was single clasp QSAs. My brother and I used to own a single clasp QSA with Wepener but this was because the other clasps were missing rather than it being a single issue.

Wilfred David Finlayson joined Brabant’s Horse in November 1899 having seen previous service with the Shanghai Volunteers. He was present with his regiment at Wepener, his discharge papers, dated 5 November 1901 noting that all his equipment and clothing was lost Wepener. At the time of his discharge he held the rank of Sergeant Major but shortly afterwards joined the Kimberley Light Horse at Lieutenant. With that regiment it would appear he was entitled to three additional clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal and Wittebergen. He is also entitled to the KSA medal.

Regards
David

QSAs with clasp Defence of Kimberley - by: djb

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The Defence clasps add a certain something to the QSA so I thought they were long overdue for their own page on the forum.

Here's the first of the three, the Defence of Kimberley:

Pair to Pte J T Kelly, 1st LNLR:


My thanks to Baldwin for allowing this image to be reproduced.

Private John Thomas Kelly was born in October 1875 at Salford, Lancashire, and attested for service with the North Lancashire Regiment at Preston on the 24th
of October, 1893, having some previous experience with the 3rd North Lancashire Regiment (Militia) and having worked as a Collier. He served at Home, in India, and in South Africa during the Second Boer War, having taken part in the Defence of Kimberley. He was discharged from further service in October 1905, having completed 12 years with the colours.

DSO group to Maj H V Gorle, ASC:


My thanks to DNW for allowing this image to be reproduced.

Harry Vaughan Gorle was born at Poughill, Cornwall, in September 1868, the third son of Captain John Gorle, late of the 28th Regiment. Educated privately, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant, via the Militia, in September 1893, and joined the Army Service Corps in the following month.

Advanced to Captain in April 1898, Gorle witnessed active service in South Africa, initially as D.A.A.G. in the defence of Kimberley from October 1899 to February 1900, where he had charge of arrangements for all supplies and transport for the 5000-strong garrison. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 6 May 1900 refers).

Subsequently employed in operations in the Orange River Colony from May until November 1900, and again in the period March to May 1902, he served in the interim in Cape Colony, gaining another “mention” (London Gazette 10 September 1901 refers), and the D.S.O., which latter insignia was presented to him by the Officer Commanding Troops at Kronstadt in September 1902.

Advanced to Major in February 1905, Gorle was placed on the Retired List in June 1908, but he was recalled in the Great War and witnessed further active service in the Macedonia theatre of war from August 1916 until June 1918, gaining another “mention” (London Gazette 11 June 1918 refers).

His son by his first marriage, Lieutenant Robert Vaughan Gorle, Royal Field Artillery, was awarded the V.C for great courage at Ledeghem in October 1918, when he fired his gun over open sights under direct machine-gun fire from a range of just 500 or 600 yards ‘ his disregard of personal safety and dash were a magnificent example to the wavering line’ (London Gazette 14 December 1918 refers).

Belfast - by: djb

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A clasp inscribed "Belfast" will be granted to all troops who, on August 26th or 27th 1900, were east of a north and south line drawn through Wonderfontein (the garrison and troops quarter¬ed at Wonderfontein on those dates will not receive this clasp) and West of a north and south line through Dalmanutha Station, and north of an east and west line through Dalmanutha Station.

This description was subsequently changed to read: A clasp inscribed "Belfast" will be granted to all troops, who, on August, 26th or 27th, 1900, were east of a north and south line drawn through Wonderfontein (the garrison and troops quartered at Wonderfontein on those dates will not receive this clasp), and west of a north and south line through Dalmanutha Station, and north of an east and west line through Carolina, the word Carolina being substituted for Dalmanutha Station in the original text.

Natal - by: djb

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A clasp inscribed "Natal" will be granted to all troops in Natal at any time between October 11th, 1899, and June 11th, 1900 both dates inclusive, who receive no clasp for an action in Natal nor the "Cape Colony" clasp as already specified.

Steam road transport - by: djb

Medals to the SAC - by: djb

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The QSAs awarded to the South African Constabulary often contain only state clasps. But sometimes, the prior service of these men make for some very interesting combinations.

Here are two recent examples:

QSA (4) CC Wepener Tr Witt (Tpr. J. Kohler SAC). Wepener clasp whilst serving with 2/Brabants Horse


Picture courtesy of British Medals

The pair to Lt Cadiz comprising

QSA (4) Rhod RoM OFS Tr (Lieut: C.J.R.G. Cadiz. S.A.C.), KSA (2) (Lieut: C.J.R.G. Cadiz. S.A.C.)


Picture courtesy of Spink

O'Okiep Medal - by: QSAMIKE

James McInerney - by: tmcinerney24@gmail.com

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My name is Terry McInerney. The above named James McInerney may be my Grand Uncle. My Grand Uncle was born on March 20th 1877. A James McInerney was approved to join the Royal Engineers on November 10th 1897 in Dublin Ireland. His number was 1367. He was 20 years while my grand uncle would have been 20 years and 7 months. The address is correct and the next of kin is given as Bridget. My paternal great grand mother was Bridget. The addresses given are not precise enough to put the issue beyond doubt. The trade or calling of James was that of Harness Master which would tie in with a person from an agricultural background. Any advise or information would be appreciated. James was awarded the South African "Queens'" Medal Clasps Driefontein. He died on May 31st 1900 of Euterie fever.

Van Rooyen, G. Burger - by: djb

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2 duplicate names on the roll.

Forename/initials: Gert. Served: Potchefstroom.

Forename/initials: Gert. Served: Potchefstroom.

Steyl, C J J. Burger - by: djb

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2 duplicate names on the roll.

Forename/initials: Coenraad Johannes Jacobus. Served: General Hertzog.

Forename/initials: Coenraad Johannes Jacobus. Served: Thaba Nchu.


Pretorius, J M. Burger - by: djb

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3 duplicate names on the roll.

Forename/initials: Johannes Matthys. Served: Senekal.

Forename/initials: Johannes Michael. Served: Potchefstroom.

Forename/initials: Johannes Michiel. Served: General Cronje.

Paulsen, Hendrik Willem Christoffel. Burger - by: djb

Labuschagne, B C. Burger - by: djb

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2 duplicate names on the roll.

Forename/initials: Barend Christoffel. Served: Wakkerstroom.

Forename/initials: Barend Christoffel. Served: Commandant van Dam.

Botha, Marthinus Hendrik Petrus. Burger - by: djb

Medals to the Cameron Highlanders - by: djb

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A sadly incomplete group to Pte Robert Hodge, Cameron Highlanders


Picture courtesy of Warwick and Warwick

Queen's Sudan (1/Cam Hdrs)
QSA (ghost dates) (4) CC Joh DH Witt (3030 Pte R. Hodge 1 Cam'n Hdrs)
Khedive's Sudan (2) The Atbara, Khartoum (3030 Pte Hodge 1 Cam Highrs )

Robert Hodge was born in Fife, enlisted 13/2/92 aged 22 while working as a miner, served Malta, Gibraltar, Egypt, S Africa, discharged 10/2/04, re-enlisted in A&SH 16/12/14 aged 39, landed France 4/10/15, transferred to Labour Corps 9/10/17, discharged 14/12/17 no longer fir for war service and issued Silver War Badge, died 22/5/42
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