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 (40)

3267 Biggs G
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
3234 Mangham F
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
3388 Wilkinson w
2758 Woolley T

B. Possible recipients of the HKPM and QSA (56)

Allen W
Ball A
Barry J
Bennett E
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
Leech, J
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