A clasp inscribed "Defence of Mafeking” will be granted to all troops in the garrison of Mafeking between October 13th, 1899 and May 17th, 1900, both days inclusive.
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Defence of Mafeking - by: djb
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Defence of Ladysmith - by: djb
A clasp inscribed "Defence of Ladysmith" will be granted to all troops in Ladysmith between November 3rd, 1899, and February 28th, 1900, both dates inclusive.
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Relief of Ladysmith - by: djb
A clasp inscribed "Relief of Ladysmith" will be granted to all troops in Natal north of and including Estcourt between December 15th, 1899, and February 28th, 1900, both dates inclusive.
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Hong Kong Plague Medal and QSA - by: djb
I have added a nominal roll for the
Shropshire Light Infantry
today. This contains the names of 2,249 men.
Using The Whitewash Brigade by Platt et all (1998), I then tried to cross reference the named of the men who received the Hong Kong Plague Medal (HKPM) against the SLI nominal roll to see how many such combinations exist.
The task is somewhat complicated by the fact that no complete nominal list for the HKPM exists. The many names contained in The Whitewash Brigade have been compiled from many sources (contemporary records, medals in museums and on the market etc).
This leads to two lists. One for men of the SLI who definitely received the HKPM and another list of possible recipients.
A. Definite recipients of the HKPM and QSA (37)
3070 Birch Henry
2356 Buckingham E
3896 Buttle W
2125 Coates J
3047 Cooper H
2800 Corfield John
2770 Corfield Richard
3031 Evans W
3112 Evason J
Capt Forbes J G
3271 Garbett Henry
1827 Gilbert A E
2899 Hyde T
2705 Jones G
2988 Langley W
3049 Lawrence G
3008 Leighton H
1620 Lockley E
Lt Luard E B
2356 Merchant W
2787 Morgan G
2717 Moss A
2686 Oakley C
2252 Philtrip R
3441 Poole G
3360 Poulton G
2435 Preece F
3099 Price W
2166 Russell J
3355 Sindle C
3056 Smith T
2435 Taylor W
3071 Taylor W
2757 Walker J
2756 Walters G
2523 Wilby F
2758 Woolley T
B. Possible recipients of the HKPM and QSA (56)
Allen W
Ball A
Barry J
Bennett E
Biggs G
Blaze T
Briggs H
Chandler G
Coleman A
Colley W
Collins J
Cook W
Coombs W
Davies A E
Dawson S
Dawson T
Gill E
Godbehear A
Griffiths E
Griffiths J
Heath R
Holdbrook B
Holland C
Hughes T
Hyde E
Moore A G
Moore F
Moore J
Morgan A
Nelson E
Norman J
Norton J
Parker J
Capt Payn W A
Pearce J
Price C
Price F
Price J
Pritchard J
Pugh E
Purcell E
Smith A
Smith G
Smith H
Tague D
Taylor J
Taylor T
Thurston H
Tudor S
Wainwright J
Williams H
Williams J
Wilson J
Wright G
Hopefully over time, these lists can be improved.
Regards
David
Using The Whitewash Brigade by Platt et all (1998), I then tried to cross reference the named of the men who received the Hong Kong Plague Medal (HKPM) against the SLI nominal roll to see how many such combinations exist.
The task is somewhat complicated by the fact that no complete nominal list for the HKPM exists. The many names contained in The Whitewash Brigade have been compiled from many sources (contemporary records, medals in museums and on the market etc).
This leads to two lists. One for men of the SLI who definitely received the HKPM and another list of possible recipients.
A. Definite recipients of the HKPM and QSA (37)
3070 Birch Henry
2356 Buckingham E
3896 Buttle W
2125 Coates J
3047 Cooper H
2800 Corfield John
2770 Corfield Richard
3031 Evans W
3112 Evason J
Capt Forbes J G
3271 Garbett Henry
1827 Gilbert A E
2899 Hyde T
2705 Jones G
2988 Langley W
3049 Lawrence G
3008 Leighton H
1620 Lockley E
Lt Luard E B
2356 Merchant W
2787 Morgan G
2717 Moss A
2686 Oakley C
2252 Philtrip R
3441 Poole G
3360 Poulton G
2435 Preece F
3099 Price W
2166 Russell J
3355 Sindle C
3056 Smith T
2435 Taylor W
3071 Taylor W
2757 Walker J
2756 Walters G
2523 Wilby F
2758 Woolley T
B. Possible recipients of the HKPM and QSA (56)
Allen W
Ball A
Barry J
Bennett E
Biggs G
Blaze T
Briggs H
Chandler G
Coleman A
Colley W
Collins J
Cook W
Coombs W
Davies A E
Dawson S
Dawson T
Gill E
Godbehear A
Griffiths E
Griffiths J
Heath R
Holdbrook B
Holland C
Hughes T
Hyde E
Moore A G
Moore F
Moore J
Morgan A
Nelson E
Norman J
Norton J
Parker J
Capt Payn W A
Pearce J
Price C
Price F
Price J
Pritchard J
Pugh E
Purcell E
Smith A
Smith G
Smith H
Tague D
Taylor J
Taylor T
Thurston H
Tudor S
Wainwright J
Williams H
Williams J
Wilson J
Wright G
Hopefully over time, these lists can be improved.
Regards
David
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QSAs with raised dates - by: QSAMIKE
Good Evening Everyone......
If anyone has deep pockets......
www.jeffreyhoare.on.ca/
Lot Number 5
Also this badge is very rare.......
Lot Number 450
Mike
If anyone has deep pockets......
www.jeffreyhoare.on.ca/
Lot Number 5
Also this badge is very rare.......
Lot Number 450
Mike
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Penrith, Cumberland - by: BereniceUK
1st Border Regiment
Lance Corporal Tom Watson Mounsey
Private Thomas Harriman
Private James Laidlow
Private William Simpson Slee
Private Alfred William Byers
Private Thomas Watson
King's Liverpool Regiment
Private Joseph William Clementson
4th King's Royal Rifles
Private Stanley Fenton
2nd Rifle Brigade
Private George Cannon
Imperial Yeomanry
Private John Wright, 24th Company
Private William Todd, 24th Company
Private John Hindson, 24th Company
Private George Watt, 24th Company
Private Frederick Stephenson, 48th Company
Private John Henry Dunlop, 48th Company
Royal Garrison Artillery
Lieutenant Geoffrey Nicholl Dawson-Scott www.angloboerwar.com/name-search
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Lance Corporal Tom Watson Mounsey
Private Thomas Harriman
Private James Laidlow
Private William Simpson Slee
Private Alfred William Byers
Private Thomas Watson
King's Liverpool Regiment
Private Joseph William Clementson
4th King's Royal Rifles
Private Stanley Fenton
2nd Rifle Brigade
Private George Cannon
Imperial Yeomanry
Private John Wright, 24th Company
Private William Todd, 24th Company
Private John Hindson, 24th Company
Private George Watt, 24th Company
Private Frederick Stephenson, 48th Company
Private John Henry Dunlop, 48th Company
Royal Garrison Artillery
Lieutenant Geoffrey Nicholl Dawson-Scott www.angloboerwar.com/name-search
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Unofficial Clasps - by: ALAN PEACOCK
Can anyone give a list of unoffical clasps for the QSA. medal and how they came to be issued ?
Cheers
Alan.
Cheers
Alan.
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Van Blerk, P N. Burger - by: djb
2 duplicate names on the roll.
Forename/initials: Pieter Nicolas. Served: Lydenburg.
Forename/initials: Pieter Nicolaas. Served: Senekal.
Forename/initials: Pieter Nicolas. Served: Lydenburg.
Forename/initials: Pieter Nicolaas. Served: Senekal.
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Prinsloo, Jocephus Johannes Louis. Burger - by: djb
Served: Middelburg.
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Active service in the Boer War and Second World War - by: djb
While there are quite a few groups that include awards for the Second World War, there are many fewer groups that acknowledge active service. The group to Major Thomas May, DFA, of Kimberley fame is a good case in point.
I saw this group that sold recently on eBay in Australia for £650 which I thought was a very good price.
The medals consist of
QSA (5) Tr RoL OFS TH CC (13542 Bomb F Gillard 28 B RFA)
KSA (2) (13542 Cpl F Gillard RFA)
1914/15 Star, British War & Victory Medals (30541 Pnr F Gillard RE on the Star & 30541 Spr F Gillard on the War & Victory)
1939/45 Star Defence & Victory 1939-1945 Medals
Imperial Service Medal (Frank Gillard)
Dunkirk Veterans medal
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I saw this group that sold recently on eBay in Australia for £650 which I thought was a very good price.
The medals consist of
QSA (5) Tr RoL OFS TH CC (13542 Bomb F Gillard 28 B RFA)
KSA (2) (13542 Cpl F Gillard RFA)
1914/15 Star, British War & Victory Medals (30541 Pnr F Gillard RE on the Star & 30541 Spr F Gillard on the War & Victory)
1939/45 Star Defence & Victory 1939-1945 Medals
Imperial Service Medal (Frank Gillard)
Dunkirk Veterans medal
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Medals to the KRRC - by: djb
Pictures courtesy of DNW
CMG, Companion’s breast badge converted for neck wear, silver-gilt and enamels;
CVO ‘C530’;
CBE 1st, Mils;
DSO VR., silver-gilt and enamels, chips to both green enamel wreaths;
India General Service 1854-95, (1) Burma 1889-92 (Lieut. J. K. Watson, 4th Bn. K. Rl. Rif. Corps);
Sudan (Cap: J. K. Watson, D.S.O., E.A.);
QSA (3) RoK, Paard, Joh (Major J. K. Watson, K.R.R.C.);
1914 Star, with clasp (Major J. K. Watson, C.V.O., CMG, D.S.O. K.R. Rif. C.);
BWM and VM with (MID) (Lt. Col. J. K. Watson); Coronation 1911;
Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel;
Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver, gilt and enamels;
Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, (7) Firket, Hafir, Sudan 1897, The Atbara, Khartoum, Sudan 1899, Gedid (Capt: J. K. Watson, K.R. Rifles) these last eleven on an old Hunt & Roskell court-mounting, some ribbons distressed through age;
Order of the Nile, 2nd Class set of insignia by Lattes, comprising neck badge and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels;
Order of Osmanieh, 3rd Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, enamel damaged and lacking one ballpoint;
Order of Leopold II, 3rd Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels;
Order of the Crown of Roumania, 3rd Class neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels;
Order of the Sword of Sweden, Knight’s breast badge, with swords, gold and enamels
James Kiero Watson was born on 19 June 1865, son of Major-General James Watson, late 60th Rifles, and Mrs. James Watson. He was educated at Clifton College and RMC Sandhurst, and was gazetted to the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 25 April 1885. In 1891 and 1892 he served in Burma, taking part in the operations in the Chin Hills.
He was attached to the Egyptian Army in 1894 and posted to the Xth Sudanese Regiment. He was the first Englishmen to meet Slatin Pasha after his escape from captivity at Omdurman. In 1895 he became ADC to Lord Kitchener, a post he held until 1905, and held a close relationship with the Earl until his death in 1916. He served in the Expedition to Dongola in 1896 as ADC to the Sirdar, being present at the operations at Firket on 7 June and Hafir on 19 September. He was mentioned in despatches, received the Egyptian medal with clasp, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order: ‘James Kiero Watson, Captain, King's Royal Rifle Corps. In recognition of services during the recent operations in the Sudan’. He served in the Nile Expedition, 1897, was awarded the 4th Class Medjidie, and received a clasp to the Egyptian Medal. He was again ADC to the G.O.C. in the Nile Expedition of 1898, and was present at the battles of the Atbara and Khartoum, and was given the Brevet of Major 16 November 1898. After Omdurman he was appointed to the coveted post of Military Secretary in Cairo, trying to restore order to an office disrupted by three years of warfare. However, he was soon back in action, serving with the White Nile Expedition of 1899, taking part in the operations which resulted in the final defeat of the Khalifa at Gedid (Um Debaykarat), as DAAG, Flying Column. He received the 4th Class Osmanieh and (2) to the Egyptian Medal.
Watson served in the South African War as ADC to Lord Kitchener, 1899-1901, and was present at the RoK. Also in the operations in the OFS, February to May 1900, being present at Cronje’s surrender at Paardeburg (17 to 26 February). Operations in the Tr in May and June 1900, including actions near Joh and Pretoria. Operations in the Tr, east and west of Pretoria, July to 29 November 1900. Operations in Orange River Colony, May to 29 November 1900. Operations in CC, south of Orange River, 1899-1900. Operations in the Tr and CC, December 1900 to April 1901. Operations in Orange River Colony 30 November to December 1900. He was present at the capture of Pretoria on 4 June 1900 and was created a CMG.
In 1901 Captain Watson returned to Egypt as AAG to become Military Secretary once again, but was appointed ADC at Headquarters by General Wingate, a post he held until 1905. He was promoted Major in October 1902. He accepted the Khedive’s invitation to become his ADC, and resigned his commission on 3 May 1905 to become an officer in the Egyptian Civil Service. It was a difficult position to hold in the Khedival Court but Watson soon earned the complete trust of the Khedive. He was created a CVO in 1912 for his services.
The Khedive chose to remain in Europe during the Great War, thus releasing Watson to be recalled and join the British forces in France as DAAG, 1914-15, as Railway Transport Officer. He was next Commandant, Advanced Base, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, in 1915, until he fell sick and was hospitalised. Watson returned to Cairo where he became British Military attache from 1916 to 1920. He was awarded the Legion of Honour (France), Order of the Sword (Sweden), Order of Leopold (Belgium), Order of the Crown (Romania) and created a CBE in 1919.
Having time on his hands in 1920, he returned to the Sudan, before finally retiring in 1922. He was appointed Equerry to the Duke of Connaught in 1939. Lieutenant-Colonel Watson died on I3 January 1942.
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Highland Light Infantry memorial, Glasgow - by: BereniceUK
Sculptor: William Birnie Rhind (1853-1933).
Location: Kelvingrove Park, at the east end of the Prince of Wales Bridge.
Date unveiled: 28 September, 1906.
Dedicated to the officers, 127 non-commissioned officers and men of Glasgow's Highland Light Infantry who were killed or died of disease during the South African War (Boer War) of 1899-1902, the memorial was one of a number commissioned from Birnie Rhind by Scottish regiments after the cessation of hostilities.
Carved in sandstone, the statue represents a trooper on scouting duty and displays all the skill and meticulous attention to detail which characterised the sculptors work. In his posing of the figure he vividly suggests tension and weariness as if the trooper, whilst taking a breather, has been alerted by the sound of an approaching Boer Commando. With his gaze fixed on the horizon, and with every muscle tensed, he twists his body in reaching for the rifle which lies behind him (now merely a fragment).
The model for the soldier was one of Birnie Rhind's assistants, Peter Tainsh-Hardie, whose portrait was used for Rhind's Boer War memorials in Edinburgh including, the Black Watch, King's Own Scottish Borderers and Scots Greys.
Paid for by subscriptions from rifle brigades throughout Scotland, the monument was erected under the supervision of A B McDonald , the City Engineer, and James Whitton, the Superintendent of Parks, on behalf of Glasgow Corporation who paid for the pedestal and site.
The unveiling was performed by Field Marshall The Duke of Connaught, the regiment's Colonel-in-Chief, on 28th September, 1906, with the 2nd Battalion of the regiment forming a Guard of Honour.
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Location: Kelvingrove Park, at the east end of the Prince of Wales Bridge.
Date unveiled: 28 September, 1906.
Dedicated to the officers, 127 non-commissioned officers and men of Glasgow's Highland Light Infantry who were killed or died of disease during the South African War (Boer War) of 1899-1902, the memorial was one of a number commissioned from Birnie Rhind by Scottish regiments after the cessation of hostilities.
Carved in sandstone, the statue represents a trooper on scouting duty and displays all the skill and meticulous attention to detail which characterised the sculptors work. In his posing of the figure he vividly suggests tension and weariness as if the trooper, whilst taking a breather, has been alerted by the sound of an approaching Boer Commando. With his gaze fixed on the horizon, and with every muscle tensed, he twists his body in reaching for the rifle which lies behind him (now merely a fragment).
The model for the soldier was one of Birnie Rhind's assistants, Peter Tainsh-Hardie, whose portrait was used for Rhind's Boer War memorials in Edinburgh including, the Black Watch, King's Own Scottish Borderers and Scots Greys.
Paid for by subscriptions from rifle brigades throughout Scotland, the monument was erected under the supervision of A B McDonald , the City Engineer, and James Whitton, the Superintendent of Parks, on behalf of Glasgow Corporation who paid for the pedestal and site.
The unveiling was performed by Field Marshall The Duke of Connaught, the regiment's Colonel-in-Chief, on 28th September, 1906, with the 2nd Battalion of the regiment forming a Guard of Honour.
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Boer War DSOs - by: djb
There were some 1,160 DSOs awarded for the Boer War. At the time of the Boer War it was given to officers with senior command responsibilities, typically upwards of Major, however it was bestowed upon junior officers, usually in cases of conspicuous valour. The majority of awards have no citation but, because the officer had to be mentioned in despatched, an idea of the cause of the award can sometimes be gleaned.
The list of DSO recipients is available here: angloboerwar.com/medals-and-awards/briti...uished-service-order
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DSO VR
QSA (3) CC OFS Tr (Lt. D. L. Campbell, D.S.O., Welsh R.)
DSO LG 5 July 1901: ‘For the defence of a train near Alkmaar on 20 May 1901, with four men against 50 Boers at close quarters.’
Duncan Lorn Campbell was near Murree in India in June 1881, the son of Brigadier-General L. R. H. D. Campbell, C.B., and was educated at the United Service College, Westward Ho! Gazetted to the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Welsh Regiment in November 1900, he was embarked for South Africa, where he served on attachment to the 1st Battalion in operations in Cape Colony, Orange Free State and the Transvaal during 1901 (Queen’s Medal & 3 clasps).
His immediate award of the DSO stemmed from a “mention” in Lord Kitchener’s despatch, dated in July 1901: ‘2nd Lieutenant D. L. Campbell, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment: near Alkmaar on 20 May 1901, he most gallantly held an armoured truck for more than hour with only three men. The Boers had possession of the rest of the train and were firing into the truck from the roof of the next carriage and from the sides of the cutting. He was repeatedly called on to surrender but refused.’
Campbell and his small party held out for nearly two hours, when a mounted patrol of the Royal Welsh arrived on the scene and drove off the enemy. In Wilson’s After Pretoria: The Guerilla War, it is said the Boer Commander has just issued orders for the truck to be blown up with dynamite.
Having been seconded to the Indian Staff Corps following the Boer War, Campbell resigned his commission in November 1904 and was placed on the Special Reserve of Officers. Recalled as a Captain in August 1914, he served in the 3rd Battalion, Welsh Regiment in Gibraltar until 1917, when, it would appear, he deserted. Certainly he faced a Court Martial there in April 1919, and was dismissed the service. As a consequence he was not awarded any campaign medals for the Great War and he died in February 1923.
The list of DSO recipients is available here: angloboerwar.com/medals-and-awards/briti...uished-service-order
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DSO VR
QSA (3) CC OFS Tr (Lt. D. L. Campbell, D.S.O., Welsh R.)
DSO LG 5 July 1901: ‘For the defence of a train near Alkmaar on 20 May 1901, with four men against 50 Boers at close quarters.’
Duncan Lorn Campbell was near Murree in India in June 1881, the son of Brigadier-General L. R. H. D. Campbell, C.B., and was educated at the United Service College, Westward Ho! Gazetted to the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Welsh Regiment in November 1900, he was embarked for South Africa, where he served on attachment to the 1st Battalion in operations in Cape Colony, Orange Free State and the Transvaal during 1901 (Queen’s Medal & 3 clasps).
His immediate award of the DSO stemmed from a “mention” in Lord Kitchener’s despatch, dated in July 1901: ‘2nd Lieutenant D. L. Campbell, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment: near Alkmaar on 20 May 1901, he most gallantly held an armoured truck for more than hour with only three men. The Boers had possession of the rest of the train and were firing into the truck from the roof of the next carriage and from the sides of the cutting. He was repeatedly called on to surrender but refused.’
Campbell and his small party held out for nearly two hours, when a mounted patrol of the Royal Welsh arrived on the scene and drove off the enemy. In Wilson’s After Pretoria: The Guerilla War, it is said the Boer Commander has just issued orders for the truck to be blown up with dynamite.
Having been seconded to the Indian Staff Corps following the Boer War, Campbell resigned his commission in November 1904 and was placed on the Special Reserve of Officers. Recalled as a Captain in August 1914, he served in the 3rd Battalion, Welsh Regiment in Gibraltar until 1917, when, it would appear, he deserted. Certainly he faced a Court Martial there in April 1919, and was dismissed the service. As a consequence he was not awarded any campaign medals for the Great War and he died in February 1923.
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Medals to the KOSB - by: djb
This group goes under the hammer on Friday/Saturday at Laidlaw Auctioneers in Carlisle.
Not too much information on the group. The online catalogue says:
A Victorian campaign medal group comprising Egypt medal with clasp Gemaizah 1888, India medal with clasp Relief of Chitral 1895, Khedive's Star and Queen's South Africa medal to 2615 Pte R K Dick, 2nd KOSB
Estimate £200-250.
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Not too much information on the group. The online catalogue says:
A Victorian campaign medal group comprising Egypt medal with clasp Gemaizah 1888, India medal with clasp Relief of Chitral 1895, Khedive's Star and Queen's South Africa medal to 2615 Pte R K Dick, 2nd KOSB
Estimate £200-250.
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Medals to the Natal Police - by: djb
Strangely enough the site had no page dedicated to the Natal Police. I have rectified that today by splitting the Natal Volunteers, Police and Guides into two pages.
The new Natal Police page can be found here
I have added the QSA (44 pages) and supplementary (42 pages) pages from TNA rolls. These can be downloaded. There is also a list of the NP men who served in the Provisional Transvaal Constabulary (1 page).
New photos have been added, the majority from Holt's history.
I will add the unit orders to the page in due course.
The new Natal Police page can be found here
I have added the QSA (44 pages) and supplementary (42 pages) pages from TNA rolls. These can be downloaded. There is also a list of the NP men who served in the Provisional Transvaal Constabulary (1 page).
New photos have been added, the majority from Holt's history.
I will add the unit orders to the page in due course.
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Port Elizabeth TG; more lettered Coys. (Creswicke V7) - by: LinneyI
If the forum members are not tired of seeing these - here are the other lettered Companies of the PE TG Please note that only these lettered Companies (apart from A Coy., illustrated earlier) are shown in V7 of Creswicke. Viewers might note the widespread display of .45" MH rifles. Bid or Buy currently lists a couple of no-bar QSAs to the PE TG.
Regards to all interested
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Regards to all interested
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Medals to Roberts' Horse - by: djb
The QSA to Lt Hon Algernon Littleton
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QSA (6) RoK Paar Drie Joh Witt 01 (Lieut: Hon: A. Littleton. Roberts Horse.)
in fitted leather Carrington & Co. case, with the initials ‘A. J. P. L.’ embossed on lid.
Provenance: Sothebys, April 1981.
The Honourable Algernon Joshua Percy Littleton was born in 1878, and was the second son of Edward George Percy Littleton, 3rd Baron Hatherton, CMG, of Teddesley Park, Stafford. The latter was formerly Major and Colonel in the Grenadier Guards and sometime Military Secretary to the Governor General of Canada.
Algernon Littleton was educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He served during the Second Boer War with Roberts Horse, firstly as a Sergeant (No. 2332), 18 January 1900 - 8 September 1900, and latterly as a Lieutenant, 19 May 1901 - 10 October 1901 (in the remarks column on the medal roll it gives ‘During siege of Ladysmith was attached to Manchester Regt. before joining Roberts Horse). He was also employed as part of the Chief Censor’s Staff at Cape Town.
After the war Littleton travelled extensively throughout Tasmania and Australia as a whole. He contracted Multiple Sclerosis, and returned to the UK where he married Alice Maud Lewes in 1913. His wife, the daughter of a former Consul to Shanghai, was a qualified nurse and helped to care for him during the remainder of his life.
They resided at “Tendring”, Belle Vue Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth. Littleton died in September 1951.
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QSA (6) RoK Paar Drie Joh Witt 01 (Lieut: Hon: A. Littleton. Roberts Horse.)
in fitted leather Carrington & Co. case, with the initials ‘A. J. P. L.’ embossed on lid.
Provenance: Sothebys, April 1981.
The Honourable Algernon Joshua Percy Littleton was born in 1878, and was the second son of Edward George Percy Littleton, 3rd Baron Hatherton, CMG, of Teddesley Park, Stafford. The latter was formerly Major and Colonel in the Grenadier Guards and sometime Military Secretary to the Governor General of Canada.
Algernon Littleton was educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He served during the Second Boer War with Roberts Horse, firstly as a Sergeant (No. 2332), 18 January 1900 - 8 September 1900, and latterly as a Lieutenant, 19 May 1901 - 10 October 1901 (in the remarks column on the medal roll it gives ‘During siege of Ladysmith was attached to Manchester Regt. before joining Roberts Horse). He was also employed as part of the Chief Censor’s Staff at Cape Town.
After the war Littleton travelled extensively throughout Tasmania and Australia as a whole. He contracted Multiple Sclerosis, and returned to the UK where he married Alice Maud Lewes in 1913. His wife, the daughter of a former Consul to Shanghai, was a qualified nurse and helped to care for him during the remainder of his life.
They resided at “Tendring”, Belle Vue Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth. Littleton died in September 1951.
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Medals to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment - by: QSAMIKE
Good Afternoon......
I was wondering if anyone has a copy of the medal roll for The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and do a look up for me please......
I just rec'd this medal today and even though I can find him in FMP it does not give his medal bars......
Also I have checked the casualty lists and he is not there which makes a single bar medal to the regiment is to me odd......
2743 CORPORAL A. BACON, LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT
Thanks in advance......
Mike
P.S. Now I have to find the only one named Egg, a Guard on Cape Railway......
I was wondering if anyone has a copy of the medal roll for The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment and do a look up for me please......
I just rec'd this medal today and even though I can find him in FMP it does not give his medal bars......
Also I have checked the casualty lists and he is not there which makes a single bar medal to the regiment is to me odd......
2743 CORPORAL A. BACON, LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT
Thanks in advance......
Mike
P.S. Now I have to find the only one named Egg, a Guard on Cape Railway......
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Medals to Kitchener's Horse - by: djb
From the next DNW auction
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OBE (Mil) HM 1918
QSA (4) RoK Paard Drief Joh (Lieut: A. M. A. Struben, Kitchener’s H.)
Arthur Marinus Alexander Struben was born in Pretoria, South Africa, on 28 May 1871, and was educated at Pietermaritzburg High School and the South African College, Cape Town. Proceeding to London, he studied at the Crystal Palace School of Art, Science, and Literature, and was awarded a Bronze Medal from the School of Practical Engineering, after which he worked as an apprentice engineer for the firm of Baldry and Yerburgh, and was appointed an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was employed as a surveyor for the construction of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railway; railway work in Nottingham and London; and in South Africa on the railway at Vryburg and the Mafeking extension. He was subsequently appointed assistant engineer in the Public Works Department of the Cape Colony.
Following the outbreak of the Boer War, Struben was commissioned Lieutenant in Kitchener’s Horse, and saw action during the Relief of Kimberley, and the actions at Paardeberg, Driefontien, and Johannesburg. Upon the conclusion of the War, he returned to his engineering career, and for the next decade was involved in various irrigation and hydrographic surveys in both the Cape Colony and Transvaal. On the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned into the South African Engineers, and was subsequently promoted Major on attachment to the Royal Air Force, although he never saw active service. For his valuable War service he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year’s Honours List.
Sold together with the Bestowal Document for the O.B.E., named to Major Arthur Struben, R.A.F., and dated 1 January 1919; a South African Constabulary Cyclist Contingent Prize Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Pte. A. Struben 1st. 1887 S.A.C.C.C.’, date corrected; a Crystal Palace School of Art, Science, and Literature Prize Medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘To A. M. A. Struben, Student, Crystal Palace School of Practical Engineering, for course satisfactorily passed, April 19th 1890.’, in John Pinches, London, case of issue, together with an extract from the Examiners’ Report; and a post card photograph of the recipient in later life surveying.
Picture courtesy of DNW
OBE (Mil) HM 1918
QSA (4) RoK Paard Drief Joh (Lieut: A. M. A. Struben, Kitchener’s H.)
Arthur Marinus Alexander Struben was born in Pretoria, South Africa, on 28 May 1871, and was educated at Pietermaritzburg High School and the South African College, Cape Town. Proceeding to London, he studied at the Crystal Palace School of Art, Science, and Literature, and was awarded a Bronze Medal from the School of Practical Engineering, after which he worked as an apprentice engineer for the firm of Baldry and Yerburgh, and was appointed an Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was employed as a surveyor for the construction of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railway; railway work in Nottingham and London; and in South Africa on the railway at Vryburg and the Mafeking extension. He was subsequently appointed assistant engineer in the Public Works Department of the Cape Colony.
Following the outbreak of the Boer War, Struben was commissioned Lieutenant in Kitchener’s Horse, and saw action during the Relief of Kimberley, and the actions at Paardeberg, Driefontien, and Johannesburg. Upon the conclusion of the War, he returned to his engineering career, and for the next decade was involved in various irrigation and hydrographic surveys in both the Cape Colony and Transvaal. On the outbreak of the Great War he was commissioned into the South African Engineers, and was subsequently promoted Major on attachment to the Royal Air Force, although he never saw active service. For his valuable War service he was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1919 New Year’s Honours List.
Sold together with the Bestowal Document for the O.B.E., named to Major Arthur Struben, R.A.F., and dated 1 January 1919; a South African Constabulary Cyclist Contingent Prize Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Pte. A. Struben 1st. 1887 S.A.C.C.C.’, date corrected; a Crystal Palace School of Art, Science, and Literature Prize Medallion, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘To A. M. A. Struben, Student, Crystal Palace School of Practical Engineering, for course satisfactorily passed, April 19th 1890.’, in John Pinches, London, case of issue, together with an extract from the Examiners’ Report; and a post card photograph of the recipient in later life surveying.
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Medals to the ASC - by: djb
An unusual combination to Sgt Hambridge, ASC.
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Picture courtesy of Dixons Medals.
QSA (2) CC Rhod (10562 Sjt. A.S.C.)
KSA (2)
[1914-16 Star]
BWM (10562/S2SR-04134 Acting Staff Sergeant A.D. Hambridge, Army Service Corps)
[VM]
All medals and clasps confirmed for the Boer War whilst serving with the 38th Company Army Service Corps.
Served Egypt landing 16.9.1815.
£300.00
Picture courtesy of Dixons Medals.
QSA (2) CC Rhod (10562 Sjt. A.S.C.)
KSA (2)
[1914-16 Star]
BWM (10562/S2SR-04134 Acting Staff Sergeant A.D. Hambridge, Army Service Corps)
[VM]
All medals and clasps confirmed for the Boer War whilst serving with the 38th Company Army Service Corps.
Served Egypt landing 16.9.1815.
£300.00
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