Quantcast
Channel: Anglo Boer War - Anglo Boer War - Recent Topics - Boer War Forum
Viewing all 3633 articles
Browse latest View live
↧

Radley College, Oxfordshire - by: BereniceUK

June 10, 2018, 12:03 am
$
0
0
In the college chapel. Above the memorial is a window dedicated to Lieutenant General Woodgate.

Lieutenant General Sir Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate
Trooper Calverley Trevelyan Hancock
Lieutenant Harold John Stanton Stanton
Second Lieutenant the Hon. Hugh Robertson
Second Lieutenant the Hon. Archibald Ronald Armadale Macdonald
Second Lieutenant Charles Westrow Hulse
Lieutenant George Lockhart Greenshields
Captain Alexander Nelson Hood
Captain Eric Streatfeild



































↧
Search

Updating the forum - by: djb

June 10, 2018, 2:47 am
$
0
0
I am changing the forum this morning to fix an error with editing user profiles.

This may mean the forum is unpredictable for a while.

I will let you know when this work is complete.
↧
↧

The I.L.I and Spioenkop - by: Rory

June 10, 2018, 3:21 am
$
0
0
I have a pair to Alexander Laing who served with the Imperial Light Infantry in the early days of the Natal campaign before earning his KSA with Kitchener's Fighting Scouts.

I know it's a difficult one... but I would like to know if there is a record (diary) etc. anywhere which would place various companies in the heat of the action at Spioenkop? Going on what I think is a reference to Laing's company on the attached attestation form; I am predisposed to think that he was with "E" Company.

Am I wrong in assuming this and would "E" Company have been "atop" the "Kop"?

Regards

Rory
↧

Soldiers who returned to die - by: BereniceUK

June 10, 2018, 6:43 am
$
0
0
How can we get to see a copy of this return? Who would we apply to? Bureaucracy being what it is, surely this will still be kept somewhere.

"A Parliamentary return has been issued stating the number of sailors and soldiers, giving their names and description, who have been invalided home since the commencement of the South African campaign and have died from wounds or disease. As regards the Navy, only one leading seaman is returned as having died from tubercle of the lungs due to exposure during the siege of Ladysmith. The number of soldiers who have died is returned at 293, and of these the deaths of 23 were directly due to wounds received during the course of the war. The deaths resulting from enteric fever amounted to 77."
Tamworth Herald, Saturday 8th June 1901
↧

Private J. F. Grourke, 1st South Staffs. Regiment - died at Tamworth 14.11.1900 - by: BereniceUK

June 10, 2018, 9:05 am
$
0
0
"Hundreds of spectators were on Saturday afternoon assembled along the principal streets of the town, on the occasion of the funeral of Private John Francis Grourke, of the 1st South Staffordshire Regiment, who had died at the house of his parents in Bolebridge street, on the previous Wednesday. The deceased had been in South Africa during the war, and was wounded at Thabanchu, and also by a shell at Winburg. He had likewise suffered from enteric fever, and had been invalided to Netley Hospital, from which he was discharged some weeks ago and came home to Tamworth. Subsequently he caught a chill, from the effects of which he died at the age of 24 years. The authorities at Whittington Barracks decided to give the funeral military honours."
Tamworth Herald, Saturday 24th November 1900
↧
↧

1683 Pte. T. Brown Scots Rifles, PoW Blood River Poort 17/9/1901 - by: azyeoman

June 10, 2018, 9:31 am
$
0
0
Here's another Boer War PoW pair for an interesting battle.QSA with TH, OFS, RL, Trans, LN and KSA with SA01 & SA02 clasps officially named to: 1683 Pte. T. Brown Scot Rifles

Thomas Brown was a Wheelwright from Glasgow, he attested on 3rd September 1885 aged 19. During the Boer war, he served with 24th mounted infantry ( Major Gough's unit) Scottish Rifles. He was captured on the 17th September 1901 at Blood River Poort. He was released in 1902 and discharged on 11th August, after which he returned home and worked as a labourer.  Brown reenlisted in the Scottish Rifles on 17th August 1914 aged 48. 

History and battle
In August 1901, the Boer leaders determined to send forces south into Natal and the Cape Colony hoping to cause an uprising in the Dutch-majority Cape Colony or at least to gain recruits for their armies. Accordingly, a commando under Botha moved southeast toward Natal while another commando under Jan Smuts raided south into the Cape Colony.British Intelligence detected the plan, but Botha evaded the British intercepting columns. The cold spring rains made the march especially difficult for the Boers' horses. On 14 September, Botha let his 1,000-man commando camp near Utrecht to permit the horses to recover. Meanwhile, Gough's 24th Mounted Infantry (MI) made a 500-mile (800 km) move by train from Kroonstad in the Orange Free State to Dundee in Natal. Gough received intelligence that Botha and 700 Boers were nearby.Gough led his MI from Dundee to De Jaeger's Drift, a ford on the Buffalo River. Dismissing the intelligence report as exaggerated, he led three companies on a reconnaissance across the river. Through his field glasses, he spotted 300 Boers who dismounted at a farm near Blood River Poort. Leaving his colleague Lieutenant-Colonel H. K. Stewart with 450 MI in the rear, Gough moved forward into a plain in the early afternoon, planning to surprise the Boers at the farm. Unknown to Gough, Botha was moving around his right flank with 700 men.Botha's mounted attack completely swamped Gough's outnumbered force. Lieutenant Llewellyn Price-Davies of the King's Royal Rifle Corps won the Victoria Cross for valiantly defending the field guns. Gough was captured, escaped, captured again and finally escaped on foot in the darkness. On the British side, four officers and 19 other ranks were killed or mortally wounded, 2 officers and 19 men wounded, and 6 officers and 235 men captured. According to Boer policy, the captured were stripped of their weapons and any useful gear, and most of their clothing, and were allowed to walk to the nearest British post. The Boers seized two field guns, 180 rifles and a large quantity of small arms ammunition. The 200 captured horses turned out to be in poor condition and of little use to the raiders. Boer losses were light.Botha was unable to exploit his victory because he found all the crossings of the Buffalo River blocked by the British. The Boers moved to the southeast, hoping to find a place to cross into Natal. On the Zululand border, Botha attacked a British camp named Fort Itala, believing it to be weakly defended. Instead, the Boers received a bloody nose when 56 of their men were killed or wounded. When Botha realized that British forces were approaching in overwhelming strength, he turned back into the Transvaal, his raid a failure.

For more information see: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/17-memorials-...07-blood-river-poort

1920x1080.jpg

bloodriver-poort.jpg
↧

Who currently owns this medal? - by: Ians1900

June 11, 2018, 10:26 am
$
0
0
I am hoping that I can help a friend in South Africa make contact with the current owner of his Great Grandfather's QSA medal.

We are looking for the owner of this medal purchased from Baldwin of London in 2009:

QSA Medal with three clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State and South Africa 1901, awarded to 11100 Pte J Rennie 13th Coy, 46th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry.

Any help with this search would be much appreciated. 

Ian
↧

Died at sea - by: BereniceUK

June 11, 2018, 2:36 pm
$
0
0

djb wrote: The casualty rolls list 224 men who died at sea. However it is not usually listed in which direction they were travelling.

Armed with the date of demise and the shipping records, it would be possible to identify the direction of travel.

976 Private Adey T Somerset Light Infantry Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea 09-04-1900
4467 Private Allcock Worcester Regiment Died of disease At Sea, SS Tintagel 03-01-1900
3118 Private Allison S Black Watch Died of disease - diarrhoea At Sea 24-06-1900
4905 Private Baggott J Worcester Regiment Died of disease At Sea 31-03-1900
7271 Lance Corporal Bennett A Essex Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Oratava 01-04-1902
Corporal Blaydon H Royal Horse Guards Died At Sea 04-06-1901
7503 Private Booth J Cheshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 15-01-1902
4396 Drummer Bowler E Leinster Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Tagus 11-01-1902
3253 Private Boyall F J Leicester Regiment Died of disease - bronchitis or influenza or congestion of lungs at sea. SS Dunera 05-10-1901
1387 Private Brewer J Royal Berkshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Gaika 31-03-1900
6501 Private Briggs H South Wales Borderers Died of disease At Sea 26-10-1900
5279 Private Brightman W RWKR Died of disease At Sea 27-03-1900
44682 Driver Brooks W 37th Battery, RFA Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea 21-11-1899
1775 Private Brown R / A Scots Guards Died of disease At Sea, SS Britannia 26-03-1900
5780 Private Bruce J Black Watch Died of heat At Sea, SS Armenian 17-12-1901
3400 Private Burke J Royal Munster Fusiliers Died of disease At Sea. SS St Andrew 30-03-1901
3030 Private Butchart J Black Watch Died of disease At Sea, SS Cheshire 19-02-1900
Private Buttory M H IY Died of disease At Sea 23-03-1901
3767 Private Canning A South Lancashire Regiment Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea. SS Tantallon Castle 12-03-1900
3001 Rifleman Cheevers S F KRRC Died of disease - malignant growth, cancer, carcinoma At Sea, Braemar Castle 14-05-1900
12020 Bombaridier Wheeler Clarke E C 81st Battery, RFA Died of disease At Sea, SS Canada 08-11-1901
7928 Lance Corporal Clarke J Middlesex Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Templemore 25-01-1902
1572 Private Clarkson T Cape Town Highlanders Died of disease At Sea. SS Britannia 01-04-1902
4078 Private Cliffe G J / C South Lancashire Regiment Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea 12-12-1899
1019 Private Conliff J Connaught Rangers Died of disease - tuberculosis, tubercle of lung At Sea 03-04-1900
5582 Private Connor D South Wales Borderers Died of disease At Sea 25-02-1900
5174 Lance Corporal Constable A J Oxford Light Infantry Died of disease - other, disease specified At Sea. SS City Of Vienna 25-02-1902
Commander Cotesworth H HMS Barracouta Died At Sea 25-03-1901
Private Croft A J IY Died of disease At Sea 01-03-1901
Trooper Crowe R B SAC Died of injuries At Sea. SS Tongariro 02-03-1901
9470 Rifleman Cullum W KRRC Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea. SS German 23-03-1900
1019 Private Cunniff J Connaught Rangers Died of disease At Sea 03-04-1900
4931 Sergeant Davidson H Royal Scots Fusiliers Died of disease - epilepsy At Sea 18-02-1900
4756 Private Davis T Somerset Light Infantry Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea 30-05-1900
4596 Trooper Denham E G IY Died of disease At Sea 10-02-1900
7452 Private Deslauriers E LSH Died of disease - heart At Sea 03-11-1899
5110 Private Dickens D Cheshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 09-11-1901
8822 Private Dobie A Highland Light Infantry Died of disease At Sea. SS Berwick Castle 18-03-1902
522 Trooper Dodd W C NSW Citizen's Bushmen Died At Sea 23-02-1901
2707 Private Donohue P Royal Lancaster Regiment Died of disease At Sea 13-12-1899
2014 Gunner Donovan J Antrim Artillery Volunteers Died of disease At Sea 08-04-1900
1701 Private Dooley M Royal Lancaster Regiment Died of disease At Sea 26-02-1900
4376 Private Dornan S RWKR Died of disease At Sea 30-03-1900
7087 Corporal Dove J Northamptonshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Greek 21-02-1900
3159 Private Dutton T 14Co Drowned At Sea 22-10-1901
1008 Private Eacrett F Lancashire Fusiliers Died of disease At Sea 17-03-1900
24475 Driver Eccleston W 39th Battery, RFA Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea 04-02-1900
2269 Private Edwards W Royal Welsh Fusiliers Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea, SS Custodian 29-07-1900
3553 Corporal Elder J Manchester Regiment Died of disease At Sea 05-02-1900
Private Eldridge S IY Drowned At Sea 16-03-1901
891 Trooper Ellis W M NSW Lancers Died At Sea. Harlech Castle 18-11-1900
Lieutenant Ely T B RDF Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea. SS Orcana 15-04-1900
2100 Private Emery W Gloucester Regiment Died of disease At Sea 11-01-1900
1008 Private Everett F Lancashire Fusiliers Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea 12-03-1900
7876 Private Farquhar J G ASH Died of disease At Sea. HMT Manila 22-04-1902
2716 Private Farrell J 5th Contingent (Imperial Bushmen) Died of disease At Sea, Chicago 21-02-1901
1505 Private Fay D Scottish Rifles Died of disease At Sea. SS Mowhawk 21-02-1902
15126 Private Featherstonhaugh 74Co Died of disease At Sea 29-04-1900
5640 Private Fellow J Worcester Regiment Died of disease At Sea 19-11-1901
825 Private Flanagan J Leinster Regiment Died of disease At Sea 15-03-1900
1096 Private Flannigan P Highland Light Infantry Died of disease At Sea. SS Aurania 05-01-1902
43130 Private Flowers H IY Died of disease At Sea. SS Assaye 23-05-1902
921 Trooper Foreman J F 2nd Contingent NSW Mounted Rifles Died of disease At Sea, SS Custodian 05-04-1901
4329 Private Forrest J Durham Light Infantry Died of disease At Sea 23-02-1900
6189 Private Forsyth W Scottish Rifles Died of disease At Sea. SS Syria 20-01-1902
Lance Sergeant Friend A Cameron Highlanders Died At Sea 09-03-1900
1278 Colour Sergeant Gibbons E J CIV Died of disease At Sea 23-01-1900
2574 Lance Corporal Gilmore J C P Middlesex Regiment Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea 01-08-1900
8652 Rifleman Gilson G KRRC Died of disease - other, disease specified At Sea En Route To S Africa 28-09-1900
Lieutenant & QM Girling W W Coldstream Guards Died At Sea. Dilwara 22-05-1902
4232 Private Goddard T Worcester Regiment Died of disease At Sea, SS Gascon 26-12-1899
4232 Private Goddart T Wiltshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 26-12-1899
1918 Private Gorman J Royal Irish Regiment Died of disease At Sea 09-04-1900
6000 Private Gorman J Manchester Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Oratava 13-07-1900
150 Private Hall W West Yorkshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 11-01-1900
6815 Private Hallett F Somerset Light Infantry Died of disease At Sea 22-04-1901
Private Harpur W East Surrey Regiment Died of disease - peritonitis At Sea 01-09-1900
8355 Private Harris A Royal Warwickshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Kildonan Castle 01-04-1901
1095 Private Harris T St John Ambulance Brigade Died of heat stroke At Sea 19-07-1900
5834 Lance Corporal Harrison W Royal Lancaster Regiment Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea 28-03-1900
3382 Private Hay G 2nd Dragoon Guards Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea 04-12-1899
6673 Private Hayhurst T Royal Warwickshire Regiment Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea 09-11-1899
5383 Sergeant Haywood H Liverpool Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Oratava 05-02-1902
6878 Private Helmer F A RWKR Died of disease At Sea 01-03-1900
30556 Driver Hembery B 82nd Battery, RFA Died of disease At Sea 09-01-1900
4567 Private Hemming W H East Yorkshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 30-03-1900
152 Private Higgins H 3rd Regiment Canadian Mounted Rifles Died of disease - meningitis At Sea. SS Cestrian 19-05-1902
22043 Driver Holmes J 39th Battery, RFA Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea 07-02-1900
4916 Private Holmes R Devon Regiment Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea 22-07-1900
6712 Rifleman Holt W KRRC Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea En Route To S Africa 16-11-1899
2633 Colour Sergeant Hope D W ASH Died of disease At Sea. SS 0Rcana 08-11-1899
3670 Private Hubble A Royal Fusiliers Died of disease At Sea 05-06-1900
5708 Private Hughes W South Wales Borderers Died of disease - syncope At Sea 19-01-1900
5873 Private Hunt H RDF Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea 26-04-1900
5 Sergeant Trumpeter Inglis L J S 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea. Roslin Castle 01-01-1901
1181 Private James W W 5th Mounted Rifles Contingent Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea. SS Nineveh 06-12-1901
4902 Private Jeffries E Devon Regiment Died of disease - nephritis At Sea 14-09-1900
Lieutenant Jelf R J RE Died At Sea. Dilwara 02-06-1900
1277 Private Jeromes G Royal Warwickshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 14-04-1900
6808 Rifleman Jones E KRRC Died of heat At Sea 20-09-1899
1198 Private Kane W ILI Suicide At Sea. SS Briton 10-06-1901
2378 Private Kendall A W 5th Contingent (Imperial Bushmen) Died of disease At Sea, Tagus 10-07-1901
3105 Lance Corporal Kennedy W Lancashire Fusiliers Died of disease At Sea, SS Britannia 12-06-1901
1194 Private Kenny P Leinster Regiment Died of disease - other, disease specified At Sea. Dilwara 06-05-1900
2980 Private Kenyon W Royal Sussex Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Pavoria 15-02-1900
7424 Rifleman Kinshley W KRRC Died of mania At Sea. SS Dunera 04-06-1900
1088 Private Kyle S 4th Contingent Died of disease At Sea, Tagus 26-06-1901
3399 Private Lafford E Gloucester Regiment Died of disease At Sea 11-01-1900
1375 Private Lane J Lancashire Fusiliers Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea 10-03-1900
4806 Corporal Lear H EKR Died of disease At Sea 21-07-1900
2080 Private Lewis W South Wales Borderers Died of disease - rheumatic fever At Sea 25-01-1900
5287 Private Little T W Royal Warwickshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 18-04-1900
Trooper Lomas J W SAC Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea, SS Morayshire 16-04-1901
4020 Private Lynch J West Yorkshire Regiment Died At Sea. SS Cambridge 31-03-1900
6756 Private Lyons J Lancashire Fusiliers Died of disease At Sea, SS Malta 03-03-1900
15624 Trooper Mager F W IY Died of disease At Sea 23-04-1900
9921 Corporal Malcolm F KRRC Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea. SS Avoca 11-02-1900
Trooper Mann G O SAC Died of disease - meningitis At Sea. SS Montfort 05-04-1901
1906 Private Martain H Highland Light Infantry Died of disease At Sea. SS Aurania 01-01-1902
Lieutenant Martin E C Leinster Regiment Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea. Dilwara 01-05-1900
7053 Rifleman Matthews C KRRC Died of disease - dysentery At Sea. SS Dunera 21-06-1900
2007 Sergeant Matthews D South Wales Borderers Died of disease At Sea 21-02-1900
Major Maunsell L A D E V KRRC Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea. SS Nile 24-01-1900
6003 Private McCarthy J South Wales Borderers Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea 01-02-1900
1613 Private McDonald J East Yorkshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 27-03-1900
2451 Private McDonald J South Lancashire Regiment Died of disease - tuberculosis, tubercle of lung At Sea 15-05-1900
3444 Private McGreel J Black Watch Died of disease At Sea. SS Orient 04-11-1899
1841 Private McHugh T Coldstream Guards Died of disease At Sea 10-06-1900
6168 Private McLaughun J Durham Light Infantry Drowned At Sea. SS Canada 12-02-1902
2690 Private McNichol J / M Royal Scots Fusiliers Drowned At Sea 23-10-1899
3579 Private McNicoll J Highland Light Infantry Drowned At Sea 29-10-1899
3852 Private Miles J Dorset Regiment Died of disease - dysentery At Sea 26-04-1900
1744 Private Milligan J Highland Light Infantry Died of disease At Sea. SS Aurania 02-01-1902
4677 Private Mitchell R Devon Regiment Died of disease - dysentery At Sea 03-05-1900
2507 Private Mitchell W Royal Scots Died of disease At Sea 14-03-1900
3316 Private Morris E V Leicester Regiment Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea 16-05-1900
6424 Private Mosbv T South Wales Borderers Died of disease At Sea 03-07-1900
1181 Private Murphy T Durham Light Infantry Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea 31-03-1900
7217 Private Nicholas N South Wales Borderers Died of disease At Sea. SS Mahratta 01-06-1900
5731 Private Nicolson W Seaforth Highlanders Died of disease At Sea. SS Manhattan 16-02-1901
933 Private Norman M South Wales Borderers Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea 26-01-1900
173 Trooper O'Brien E J 1st Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse Died of disease At Sea. SS Custodian 10-03-1902
2518 Rifleman O'Mally T KRRC Died of disease At Sea 04-04-1900
1686 Private O'Neil R Scottish Rifles Died of disease At Sea, SS Mohawk 17-02-1902
1995 Private Oakley R Gloucester Regiment Died of disease At Sea 13-01-1900
3214 Private Oliver C Hampshire Regiment Died of disease at sea. SS Assaye 17-01-1900
8502 Second Corporal Parker G T revlanark Died of disease At Sea 06-04-1901
Trooper Patton T L SAC Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea. SS Montfort 07-04-1901
4927 Private Pearce J Worcester Regiment Died of disease At Sea, SS Gascon 31-12-1899
6028 Sergeant Pearson J O RDF Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea 07-02-1902
5634 Private Peters P East Surrey Regiment Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea. SS Dunera 19-06-1900
3494 Corporal Phillipps E J Royal Sussex Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Aurania 21-02-1902
4242 Private Poole Worcester Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Tintagel 27-12-1899
Lieutenant Poole W J IY Died of disease At Sea. SS Canada 28-07-1901
Major Porter R W Oxford Light Infantry Died of disease - heart At Sea, Orotava 10-05-1902
7481 Rifleman Pressland W KRRC Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea. SS Lismore Castle 17-04-1900
320 Private Price F IY Died of disease At Sea 26-02-1901
Staff Seargent Major Purdon E L SAC Died of disease - tuberculosis, tubercle of lung At Sea. SS Montfort 08-04-1901
2034 Private Pywell H Grenadier Guards Died of disease - epilepsy At Sea. SS Brittanic 12-08-1900
2517 Private Quick R Gloucester Regiment Died of disease At Sea 13-01-1900
3098 Private Reed E RWKR Died of disease At Sea 01-04-1900
1096 Private Rees J South Wales Borderers Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea 20-01-1900
3205 Private Reeves A Royal Sussex Regiment Died of disease at sea. SS Pavoria 07-03-1900
6848 Private Reid Somerset Light Infantry Died of disease At Sea 23-03-1900
6511 Lance Corporal Rhodes A R RWSR Died of disease At Sea. SS Mohawk 16-02-1902
30802 Private Rich J IY Died of disease At Sea 20-04-1901
Armourer Mate Richards G HMS Partridge Died At Sea 29-04-1902
3161 Corporal Richardson E J Border Regiment Died of disease At Sea 02-08-1900
6587 Drummer Ridgewell H J Black Watch Died of disease At Sea. SS Orient 04-11-1899
Private Roche J IY Died of disease At Sea 21-02-1901
3876 Private Rogers R Lancashire Fusiliers Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea 13-12-1899
Private Rowe B IY Died of disease At Sea 26-02-1901
4923 Private Rump B Norfolk Regiment Died of disease At Sea 30-04-1900
C475 Private Ryan P ASC Died of disease At Sea. SS Braemar Castle 28-04-1902
14428 Drummer Rye E H 76th Battery, RFA Died of disease At Sea 17-01-1900
1081 Private Salter J 4th Contingent Drowned At Sea. HMT Orient 29-12-1900
Trooper Say F W Rhodesia Field Force Died of disease At Sea, SS Manilla 20-03-1901
37959 Private Sharp J T IY Died of disease at sea. SS Plassy 12-05-1902
3935 Private Sharpe G Leicester Regiment Died of disease - dysentery At Sea 03-05-1900
20304 Private Shaw R IY Died of disease At Sea 15-02-1901
Captain Shaw-Stewart H M 17th Lancers Drowned At Sea, SS Canada 28-07-1901
2777 Private Smith E RWKR Died of disease At Sea 16-01-1901
Civilian Cattleman Smith J Unknown Died At Sea. SS Maplemore 24-10-1901
5229 Private Smith W West Yorkshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 15-09-1901
Private Snelling W Manchester Regiment Died of disease - dysentery At Sea 28-03-1900
3565 Private Stacey F C GH Died of disease At Sea. SS Dilwara 30-04-1902
12892 Private Stevens A T RAMC Died of disease At Sea. SS Avoca 23-04-1901
5764 Private Stevens T Royal Welsh Fusiliers Died of disease - dysentery At Sea 12-02-1900
370 Private Stevenson J Royal Irish Fusiliers Died of disease At Sea. SS kildonan Castle 14-06-1900
5271 Private Stockford T Northamptonshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea, SS Armenian 27-02-1900
2362 Private Stone J Welsh Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS kildonan Castle 15-12-1899
2092 Private Sullivan P Yorkshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 08-03-1900
791 Private Summers W / T Royal Lancaster Regiment Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea 12-05-1900
Lieutenant Sutton F H C 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea, Roslin Castle 06-01-1901
5375 Corporal Swan T / J Royal Lancaster Regiment Died of disease - dysentery At Sea 29-04-1900
2243 Corporal Taylor G F 7Co Died of disease - pleurisy At Sea 03-01-1900
2243 Corporal Taylor T G / F 7Co Died of disease At Sea 03-05-1900
4536 Private Taylor W Worcester Regiment Died of disease At Sea 27-03-1900
5758 Private Thompson C South Lancashire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 22-12-1899
4189 Rifleman Thompson W Rifle Brigade Died of disease At Sea 04-04-1900
6132 Rifleman Throupe G KRRC Drowned At Sea, City Of Vienna 14-05-1902
2869 Private Tilley J Worcester Regiment Died of disease At Sea, SS Gascon 27-12-1899
2857 Private Tulley J Royal Irish Rifles Drowned At Sea, SS Englishman 12-09-1901
330 Private Turner E IY Died of disease At Sea 20-02-1901
1550 Private Turner W East Yorkshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 26-03-1900
6845 Private Twort H RWKR Died of disease - rheumatic fever At Sea 17-04-1901
4523 Private Vines A G Gloucester Regiment Died of disease At Sea 04-09-1900
Lieutenant Wallace A W Yorkshire Light Infantry Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea. SS Dunera 09-10-1901
11064 Private Walters T 60Co Died of disease - dysentery At Sea 29-06-1900
Private Webb F H A IY Died of disease At Sea 02-04-1901
1589 Private West W / R Royal Sussex Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Pavoria 12-02-1900
2381 Private Weston A Devon Regiment Died of disease - dysentery At Sea 18-06-1900
9158 Rifleman Wharrad G H KRRC Died of disease - dysentery At Sea. SS German 24-03-1900
2156 Private Whild A / J Royal Warwickshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 12-04-1900
Lieutenant Whittington T D L Royal Lancaster Regiment Died of disease At Sea 12-03-1900
4616 Private Wiffin W West Yorkshire Regiment Died of disease At Sea 09-11-1899
Trooper Wilcocks G C SAC Died of disease - pneumonia At Sea. SS Montfort 09-04-1901
1628 Colour Sergeant Williams T South Wales Borderers Died of disease At Sea 24-02-1900
7048 Private Winning J / T A Manchester Regiment Died of disease - enteric fever At Sea 24-06-1900
4110 Lance Corporal Woods E Worcester Regiment Died of disease At Sea. SS Gascon 24-12-1899
Private Woollven C IY Died of disease At Sea 05-03-1901
1686 Private Wright W Scots Guards Died of disease At Sea 03-06-1900
Major Wrottesley A E RE Drowned At Sea 26-10-1899
XX79 Trooper Yandle A Life Guards Died of disease - other, disease specified At Sea 22-11-1900

A quick search of the rolls failed to identify Pte Holt, KRRC, the only man listed here as dying en route to SA.

↧
Search

South African Boer War Medals - by: thomasb

June 12, 2018, 6:54 am
$
0
0
My Grandfather saw action in the Boer War with the Scandinavians from 1899 - 1902 and was issued with a service medal which included his stint at Maggersfontein.
It has/was in our family possession until the death of my brother and then mysteriously disappeared and I suspect was stolen.
Does anybody know how this medal found it's way into a collectors hands, I really would appreciate any assistance regarding this medal.
My Grandfathers name was : JOHANNES REINIERUS BESSELING
Johannes Reinierus
↧
↧

14 June 1900 - by: Henk Loots

June 14, 2018, 8:03 am
$
0
0
 
14 June 1900: Sand River
On 13 June the newly-appointed Gen(Rev) Paul Roux with the Senekal Commando, another 200 men of the Ladybrand
Commando, Capt John Hassell with his American Scouts,  two pom-poms and a field gun advanced towardsthe British post at Virginia to destroy the important railway bridge over the
Sand River. Lt Col Capper, RE, in command of 730 men (mainly Railway Pioneer
Regiment and Royal Lancaster Militia), had been warned of the impending Boer
action by a “hensopper” and the British positions on both banks of the river
had been well entrenched.
Early on the 14th theBoers advanced, chiefly under cover of dongas and scrub on the east and west
and initially wasted time and ammunition firing on empty tents left by Capper
when he shifted camp. Although the nature of the ground gave them excellent
cover and a potential advantage, the Boers retreated by noon, after some hours
fighting, when a body of some 170 Yeomanry appeared on the scene.
    
SeymourQSA.jpg
SeymourQSA.jpg


Louis Irving Seymour was born inWhitney Point, New York, USA in 1860 and came to South Africa in 1889 to work
as Mechanical Engineer with De Beers in Kimberley. In 1896 he was appointed
Chief Mechanical Engineer to Rand Mines and other companies in the Eckstein
Group.[/font]
He left Johannesburg via DelagoaBay on 14 October 1899. In Cape Town he was instrumental in the formation of
the Railway Pioneer Regiment, recruited mainly from engineers and mechanics of
all kinds from the Rand.

SeymourAttestation.jpg


Major Seymour was killed in the 14June action. Lt Col Capper, in his despatch of 15 June 1900 (LG 8 Feb 1901,
p904), stated:[/font]
“I especially deplore the death of Major Seymour, whoseloss will not only be felt by us as a regiment, but by the whole of South
Africa. He was killed while advancing with the extended line through the bush,
to clear out the snipers.”

SeymourGraveA.JPG

SeymourGraveB.JPG
SeymourGraveB.JPG


His memorial stone stands in thesmall military cemetery near the old railway station at Virginia.[/font]
In July 1900 his friends andcolleagues decided to establish a technical library in his memory. A sum of £11
477 was collected and the Seymour Memorial Library was opened in 1905. It is
now one of the special libraries falling under the Johannesburg Public Library.
 
Henk[/size][/color][/font]
↧

Greetings and Salutations researching grandfather CARL OLSSON - by: combatmedic

June 14, 2018, 2:31 pm
$
0
0
Hope this finds you all well as can be ?

There is a chance that my grandfather , Carl Olsson may have fought on the side of the British and I am wondering IF THIS IS PERHAPS HIM, and  how I can obtain copies of his: 
record, file, with signature, country of origin, perhaps parents/siblings names etc. 

Your help would be sincerely appreciated, thank you.
↧

DCM TO CHARLES MCKINLEY - by: Aud

June 14, 2018, 10:46 pm
$
0
0
Hello from South Africa
Could anyone tell me please under what circumstances Charles McKinley received his DCM.
He was with the 1st Btn Manchester Regiment with number 1908.
Thanks
Audrey
Rhino Research
↧

Richard. J. Griffiths, Rhodesian Protectorate Regiment - died 24.11.1904 - by: BereniceUK

June 15, 2018, 1:07 am
$
0
0
On Wednesday in last week Mr. R. J. Griffiths, eldest son of Mr. R. Griffiths, 59, North-parade, Aberystwyth, and formerly a compositor at the Merthyr Times Office, left Aberystwyth for Cape Colony, South Africa. Mr. Griffiths was accompanied by Mr. David Jones, a young Aberystwyth draper. The two emigrants left Southampton on Saturday by the Methven Castle.
The Merthyr Times, Thursday 23rd July 1896


Mr. R. J. Griffiths, who was formerly a compositor at the Merthyr Times Office, is now in South Africa. He has just joined the Mounted Police Force at Bulawayo. Mr. Griffiths is a native of Aberystwyth.
The Merthyr Times, Thursday 24th September 1896


We have received a copy of the Bulawayo Chronicle from Mr. R. J. Griffiths who is a compositor on the staff of that journal. Mr. Griffiths formerly occupied a similar position on the Merthyr Times.
The Merthyr Times, Friday 3rd September 1897.


Mr R. J. Griffiths, son of Mrs Griffiths, butcher, North parade, is serving in Colonel Plumer's relieving force. He was working as a compositor at Bulawayo when the war commenced, and then he volunteered with Colonel Plumer. He had previously been in the mounted police.
The Aberystwyth Observer, Thursday 29th March 1900
DEATH OF MR. DICK GRIFFITHS.
We have to announce the death of Mr R. J. Griffiths, eldest son of Mrs Griffiths, butcher, North parade, which occurred on Thursday morning. He was thirty-three years of age. Apprenticed as a compositor, he went out to South Africa, and joined the mounted police, with whom he served in the Matabele war. He also served under General Plumer in the Boer War, and was with him in his attempt to relieve Mafeking from the north. He afterwards served under other commanders, and at the close of the war came home for some months, but returned again to South Africa. Being invalided, he came home in the early summer a mere shadow of his former self. Everything was done to restore him to health, but the end came on Thursday morning. The remains were interred on Monday morning, at the cemetery, the Rev N. Thomas, R.D., officiating. Dick Griffiths was of a sociable temperament, and had many friends.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE ABERYSTWYTH OBSERVER.
Dear Sir, - I have just read with the feelings of deepest sympathy of the death of Mr R. J. Griffiths, one of the young men whose history Aberystwyth ought to be proud of. So with your kind permission I will through the medium of your paper relate a little of that history.Some years ago he left Aberystwyth with another friend, a member of the great Prodigal band who have at different times left Aberystwyth to gain fame and fortune, or remain in obscurity and be buried to all and sundry, except perhaps their relations.Dick Griffiths was well known in South Africa, especially among the Welsh portion of the colonists, and to me he was an intimate friend, having served under me in that country. He was a capital soldier and a good all round man. He served under Plumer, French, and other distinguished Generals. He fought in the Matabele and Mashona wars, and saw service in Griqualand and Pondoland, and was almost through the whole of the Boer War, being under Plumer at the relief of Mafeking.The illness which has at last carried him off, and from which he has suffered for years, was contracted on the field.Among his many good qualities, which I think only those most intimately acquainted with him knew of was his wit and good humour, and many an hour have I passed in his company in far-away South Africa listening to his many yarns of home and abroad.One story told of him which I may be pardoned for introducing here, was as follows:Dick was serving under Plumer in Matabeleland, and during the different treks the column would often get far ahead of the Commisseriat Waggon, and on such occasions food was a thing to be dreamt of only.Orders had been issued that looting, especially for food, would be severely punished.One evening at the end of a trek a few boon companions, who had spotted a goat browsing quietly near a kraal, informed Dick that his help was wanted to skin the said goat, as they had captured it, and that the same animal was hanging in a tent head downwards ready for the knife. Dick proceeded to render the required assistance at once, and in the midst of the operations who should stroll into the tent but Colonel Plumer. Everyone sprang to attention, and then the Colonel said - "What is the meaning of this?"Dick saluted, and replied - "It is a goat, sir, that lost its way. Where shall I send the kidneys, sir?" Colonel Plumer, taking a lenient view of the situation, and being convulsed with laughter at the readyt reply, retired.This letter will, I dare say, be published after the remains of our friend have been laid to rest, but I sincerely trust that local Volunteers will have seen their way to escort the remains and help to pay a tribute of respect to one who has served Queen, King and Country with an unsullied record. He was a firm friend, and one of the pluckiest men it has ever been my pleasure to meet. Pleasant recollections of his memory will live for a long time in the minds and hearts of his many friends at home and abroad.
                                                                                                  I am, sir,
                                                                                                       ANOTHER PRODIGAL.
The Aberystwyth Observer, Thursday 1st December 1904


The death took place on Thursday morning of Mr. R. J. Griffiths, eldest son of the late Mr. Griffiths, 59, North-parade. He served his apprenticeship as compositor and for some time followed his trade, and was engaged at one of the printing offices in Bulawayo. He afterwards joined the Cape Police with whom he went through the Matabele War in 1896. He was also in the South African War, being a member of the Rhodesian Protectorate Regiment under General Plumer. At the end of the war he was invalided home suffering from fever, but returned to South Africa and spent some time in hospital but came home in June last. He was only 33 years of age.
The Welsh Gazette, Thursday 1st December 1904


DEATHS.
GRIFFITHS. - November 24, Mr R. J. Griffiths, son of the late Mr Richard Griffiths, North parade, aged 33 years.
The Aberystwyth Observer, Thursday 1st December 1904
↧
↧

Test of image posting - by: djb

June 17, 2018, 12:42 am
↧

Problems posting images to the forum? - by: djb

June 17, 2018, 12:52 am
$
0
0
I have been looking into posting images to the site this morning and it seems to work for me.

I did notice last weekend during the upgrade that some images were appeared as a large block of characters.

If you are having problems posting images, can you let me know please?  If you would be good of you could email any problematic images to me at david.biggins [at] angloboerwar,com so that I can investigate further.

With thanks
David
↧
Search

Warwickshire Regiments - by: BereniceUK

June 17, 2018, 4:34 am
$
0
0
In St Mary's Church, Warwick.














1st Battalion - Lieutenant Mourilyan
2nd Battalion - Major C. J. Cockburn, Captain H. A. Hankey, Captain A. B. Bennett
5th Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel A. Thursby, Lieutenant Tremearne
Imperial Yeomanry - Major J. A. Orr Ewing, Lieutenant R. F. Flower.

2nd Battalion
2791 Private Allen, E.
6670 Private Barnes, H.
4592 Private Boucher, G.
4946 Lance Corporal Betts, E.
3077 Private Baker, A. W.
5020 Private Cookson, C.
1250 Private Clarke, R.
5022 Private Cox, A.
6743 Private Carlo, A.
3537 Private Cook, H.
2121 Quartermaster Sergeant Cheyne, A.
4751 Private Drury, H.
3907 Private, Duper, J.
1944 Sergeant Eaton, T.
2924 Private Earp, T.
3515 Sergeant Edwards, A.
3111 Private Franklin, W.
2452 Sergeant French, G.
4841 Private Franklin, E.2566 Private Foster, J.
4268 Private Fletcher, J.
2755 Lance Sergeant Gascoigne, T.
6736 Private Garner, J.
6413 Private Gill, AT.
3029 Private Hancox, W.
2901 Private Hilliard, T.
2603 Private Harrison, J.
3032 Private Harrison, J.
3148 Private Hadland, J.
1214 Corporal Haywood, JA.
3284 Private Hughes, J.
6673 Private Hayhurst, T.
6378 Driver Heggie, A.
3211 Private Holder, T.
1277 Private Jerrome, G.
4682 Private Jones, A.
5787 Private Jones, W.
2669 Private Jennings, W.
6233 Sergeant Knibb, B.
5234 Private Lynn, H.
3470 Private Lea, W.
3429 Private Llewellyn, W.
1051 Private Lewis, C.
6837 Private Lively, G.
2339 Private Mosedale, J.
3778 Lance Corporal Martin, A.
2810 Private Morgan, W.
5910 Lance Corporal Metcalfe, J.
3348 Lance Corporal Neale, DE.
2575 Private Nicholls, W.
5677 Private O'Shea, J.
3114 Private Partridge, W.
2989 Private Parker, H.
1319 Private Pearce, J.
6632 Lance Corporal Sugden, L.
3193 Private Styles, G.
6192 Private Slate, W.
4602 Private Sutherland, J.
3098 Private Taylor, T.
4763 Private Taplin, W.
3227 Private Uffen, T.
2500 Private Warner, J.
2682 Lance Corporal Whitmill, J.
4470 Private Wood HD.
3697 Private Weaver, G.
3038 Corporal Weaver, F.
2155 Private Whild, A.
2297 Private Willis, W.
924   Private Wankling, W.

3rd Battalion
5351 Private Allett, J. W.
6923 Lance Corporal Brooks, R.
6634 Private Butlin, W.
4411 Corporal Bousfield, R.
4048 Private Bonner, W.
4835 Lance Corporal Bennett, A.
6542 Private Crompton, W.
6451 Private Dennington, J.
5962 Private Darwin, H.
6481 Private Delamere, J.
5940 Private Effer, J.
6109 Private Fry, R.
4575 Private Griffiths, T.
5499 Private Howard, R.
3842 Lance Corporal Hyett, F.
6018 Private Miles, T.
5661 Private O'Donnell, H.
6509 Lance Corporal Rigby, C.
6421 Private Shotton, G.
6046 Private Seeney, H.
5740 Corporal Tuck, A.
3555 Sergeant Weston, C.
6290 Lance Corporal Wells, J.

4th Battalion
6732 Private Ashenford, G.
5775 Private Bowen, J.
5933 Corporal Beckett, J.
6775 Private Bryan, H.
7483 Private Barton, W.
5577 Private Cleaver, G.
6688 Private Hewitt, B.
7475 Private Jones, GH.
7530 Private Shears, A.

5th Battalion (Militia)
7821 Private Benham, CH.
7683 Private Benson, J.
7019 Private Burr, E.
8508 Private Buckley, GT.
1337 Private Foulkes, W.
4915 Private Fearney, W.
5779 Private Fisher, A.
8559 Private Gardiner, F.
7762 Private Gardner, R.
5435 Private Hooper, W.
8508 Private Hinks, J.
5287 Private Little, TW.
6270 Private Minshull, W.
8053 Private Mason, A.
5803 Private Williams, A.
7824 Private Woodward, S.

6th Battalion (Militia)
3766 Private Bilton, J.
6948 Private Bragg, AW.
1541 Private Benton, L.
7332 Private Baker, A.
7656 Private Barnes, RW.
2307 Private Brennan, L.
7611 Private Bromwich, W.
7646 Private Begley, J.
3811 Private Bliss, G.
6446 Private Cordy, E.
7069 Private Camerer, W.
7751 Private Cox, W.
7761 Private Dunsbee, J.
9581 Private Green, C.
7403 Private Hopkins, A.
7342 Private Jones, J.
7243 Private Jeffs, B.
7656 Private Lowe, R.
7203 Private Morley, S.
7251 Private Osborne, A.
5792 Corporal Parkinson, W.
7919 Private Raven, F.
6519 Private Rogers, S.
6600 Private Rabone, C.
7778 Private Simmonds, J.
6214 Private Thomas, W.

Imperial Yeomanry
29819 Trooper Bailey, WC.
329     Trooper Baldwyn, B.
255     Corporal Baxter, A.
254     Trooper Bolt, E.
24486 Trooper Boultbee, P.D.
29499 Trooper Brown, TW.
21003 Trooper Bull, H.
23813 Trooper Burke, T.
26880 Trooper Capewell, WJ.
26908 Trooper Dixon, AB.
24142 Trooper Fisher, A.
8075   Trooper Ford, FW.
24789 Trooper Foster, H.
20053 Trooper Freeman, F.
29831 Trooper Frost, EC.
293     Trooper Gibbs RF.
322     Trooper Grimes, R.
20058 Trooper Hales, EJ.
29247 Trooper Hildick, FJ.
36274 Trooper Hirons, H.
21011 Trooper Hutchings, AE.
302     Trooper Lane, WF.
26820 Trooper Lapworth, H.
25641 Trooper Lilley, JJ.
26888 Trooper Mannox, HH.
20071 Trooper Marston, W.
304     Trooper Martin, W.
21020 Trooper Sedgbeer, J.
25656 Trooper Shelswell, H.
29968 Trooper Simms, E.
26895 Trooper Slade, J.
30659 Trooper Spencer, H.
26365 Trooper Stiles, J.
22804 Trooper Swann, E.
22419 Trooper Thomas, S.
308     Lance Corporal Tibbetts, W.
344     Trooper Timms, G.
24247 Trooper Toon, W.
291     Trooper Toone, HP.
25771 Trooper Webb, J.
22815 Trooper Worrell, J.

1st Volunteer Service Company
8282 Private Benson, W.
8385 Private Dobrowolski, FV.
8289 Private Fairfield, J.
8355 Private Harris, A.
8252 Private Robinson, A.
8219 Private Smith, W.

2nd Volunteer Service Company
8249 Private Griffiths, H.
8236 Private Martin, E.
↧

QSAs with the clasp Wepener - by: djb

November 24, 2012, 9:25 am
$
0
0
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.

WellsCL.jpg


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.

JohnstoneN.jpg


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
↧
↧

Cape Colony - by: djb

June 6, 2013, 12:13 am
$
0
0
A clasp inscribed "Cape Colony" will be granted to all troops in Cape Colony at any time between October 11th, 1899, and a date to be hereafter fixed, who received no clasp for an action already specified in the Cape Colony nor Natal clasps.

CC.jpg
↧

Belmont - by: djb

June 6, 2013, 12:16 am
$
0
0
A clasp inscribed "Belmont" will be granted to all troops under Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen’s command who were north of Witteputs (exclusive), on November 23rd, 1899.
↧

Wolmarans, Marthinus Johannes. Commandant - by: djb

April 25, 2015, 2:24 am
$
0
0
Served: Potchefstroom. Awarded the DTD (Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst) and received the Wound Ribbon (Lint voor Verwonding).
↧
Viewing all 3633 articles
Browse latest View live
Search