Machiel de Villiers, Waterberg Commando - by: Fanie Krige
My great-great grandfather on maternal side was Machiel de Villiers, who according to family legend was the commandant of the Waterberg Commando. I can't find any confirmation for this on internet, but...
View ArticleNew to the site - by: DawnF
I have very little information on my Grandmother's brother except that he apparently served in the South African Campaign and received both the Queen's and King's medal. I don't know what regiment he...
View Article"They were as black as the cargo the trucks conveyed" - by: Rory
Robert Simpson saw action in both the Boer War as well as the Natal Rebellion in two of the most illustrious of Colonial units - The Durban Light Infantry and the Natal Carbineers with a stint at...
View ArticleQueen Victoria Medal? - by: PhilW
I am researching a WW1 casualty from Berkshire called Francis Henry Jones. He served during the Boer War with the RAMC and has several entries ( as a private) for the QSAM and one for the KSAM. However...
View ArticleA lot of Questions! - by: Lazyresearcher
Hi I am trying to find out, for the purposes of a novel that I am trying to write, whether the character I am creating stands up to scrutiny historically. My character has had a career in a cavalry...
View ArticleCapt Norman Guy Hugel, Royal Engineers - by: Will M
Recently found the Wilkinson R.E. sword of Lt.Col Norman Guy Hugel (formerly Von Hugel but he changed it start of WW1) The Wilkinson sword has been re hilted to the 1897p and service sharpening can be...
View ArticleAlf Goulding of the South African Constabulary - by: Rory
I very early on in my collecting life developed a liking for medals to S.A.C. recipients. This was because of the availability of their personal files coupled with the fact that the information is...
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Unusual Combination - by: Rory
I beg the indulgence of Forum members with this post - I simply couldn't resist I have acquired an unusual combination of medals to a chap who was a Solicitor and at one time Deputy Mayor of...
View ArticleSouth African Constabulary - by: Jonkimrobb
Help required as we are trying to trace a member of the SAC around 1901, I was on the South African Archives website and searching but keep being cut off! We think this person was Private and we have a...
View ArticleA Distinguished Conduct Medal for Moedwil - by: LinneyI
Forum members The illustrated group came into IL's custody many years ago; being comprised of - (a) DCM (EVII) impressed to "22283 Serjt:Maj: T.Jordan 7th Imp: Yeo" (b) QSA clasps Tugela Heights,...
View ArticleABO's - by: Ian Brentnall
Another previously unlisted ABO has come to light: Burger Petrus Johannes Myburgh - Middleburg Commando
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Erasing ? - by: Taurid
Please accept my apologies if this question has been asked and answered before. I have searched for an answer but came up empty. While searching the net for QSA medals I came across some that were...
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Lieutenant Ernest Davey Tredinnick, 103rd Imperial Yeomanry - by: BereniceUK
in St John the Baptist Church, Stokesay, Shropshire. TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUT. ERNEST DAVEY TREDINNICK WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN SOUTH AFRICA FROM JANUARY 1900 TO JUNE 1ST...
View ArticleA new acquisition - one to the Imperial Light Infantry - by: Rory
Frank Kelly always make reference to the early joiners from the Colonial side of things in the Boer War and I was fortunate to acquire a medal to such a chap yesterday. QSA to 16 (very low number) Tpr....
View ArticleNeither a Sailor nor a Soldier be... - by: Rory
Edwards was one of a surprisingly large number of chaps who, in late Victorian England tried their hand at sea before trading in their sea-legs for the life of a policeman or soldier. Frederick Samuel...
View ArticleJohn Jackson-Ballybay, Ireland-killed in Boer War- - by: genealogy1214
Hello from America! I am attempting to locate information on my uncle-John Jackson. He was born in 1861 in Ballybay, County Monaghan. He died in the Boer War, however, I do not know where or when. How...
View ArticleTrooper Herbert Daw 593 Horseguards - by: Park
I am researching the military career of my grandfather who served in the South African war and I am hoping you can help me with a few details. I would like to know when his service in the Horseguards...
View Article2nd Dragoon Guards - by: JethroTull
Hello. I am possibly interested in picking up a 5 bar q.s.a to the 2nd Dragoon Guards who died of disease. A couple of questions if I may that I am hoping I could get some clarification on please....
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Another new acquisition - Elswick Battery - by: Rory
They are coming thick and fast but then again - Christmas is only round the corner This is a group which the Artillery buffs will appreciate:- - Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony,...
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John Richard Pye - by: BereniceUK
Killed in action on 8th May 1915 - (1296) Private 1st/5th Battalion King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Lived in Lancaster.
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