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Pretoria - by: djb
This bird's eye view of Pretoria is from the Daily News on 6 Jun 1900:
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Medals to HMS Terrible - by: djb
From the next Lockdales sale: Picture courtesy of Lockdales QSA (2) TH RoL (173079 Ldg Sigmn A Large HMS Terrible), China 1900 (0) (A Large OD Sigln HMS Terrible), 1915 Star Trio and MID (173079 A...
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Medals to HMS Ophir, Juno and St George - by: djb
Fevyer and Wilson list 53 medals to HMS Ophir, 7 to Juno and 12 to St George. All except 2 of the recipients had served on other ships (shown in grey text) during the Boer War. Ophir Amos, J E. Gunner,...
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Transport Medal & RNVR Officer Decoration - Edward Henry Garland - by: Rory
This little combination to Garland has,today, joined the pair to Kitcat www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-...edal-recipient#56275
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Named Kimberley Stars - by: djb
This thread is in response to the suggestion for a topic on the naming of Stars. The Star was issued unnamed but many were privately engraved. This thread celebrates this work. Usually, the Stars were...
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Pictures from The Graphic - by: djb
This thread is for those pictures from The Graphic that do not fit into any existing thread but certainly warrant recording. 'A welcome to the colonial Volunteers at Westminster Hall last Sunday A full...
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Beaufort West - by: djb
'Cape Colony under martial law: Surrendering arms at Beaufort West. All sorts and conditions of arms have now been brought in to the military authorities in Cape Colony. In the absence of their...
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Capt. Edward Henry White GARLAND - Transport Medal & R.N.R. Officers...
Edward Henry White Garland Chief Officer, Hospital Ship “Dunera” – Anglo Boer War Commander, Royal Navy Reserve. - Transport Medal with clasp S. Africa 1899-1902 to E.H. Garland - Royal Navy Reserve...
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Irene - by: djb
During a heavy rain storm two bridges were washed away near Irene, about twelve miles from Pretoria. The embankment in the first photograph acted as a dam, the rubbish line a few feet from the top...
View ArticleG Olive - by: Western
Can anyone tell me why my Wife's Grandfather should have the same number as 5 others. He was 6350 in the Royal Lancs and I have his 2 clasp QSA where I got the info from. I should have said his name is...
View ArticleTown Guards and DMTs - compiling unit information - by: djb
I have a question and would be interested in hearing members' thoughts. Work is underway to generate lists of the members of the Town Guards and DMT. Each unit would have its one page on the site. This...
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Edward Henry White GARLAND - Transport Medal & R.N.R. Officers Decoration -...
Edward Henry White Garland Chief Officer, Hospital Ship “Dunera” – Anglo Boer War Commander, Royal Navy Reserve. - Transport Medal with clasp S. Africa 1899-1902 to E.H. Garland - Royal Navy Reserve...
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Herbert William Thistlethwaite, 75th (Sharpshooters) Coy. IY - k.i.a....
This memorial is in the churchyard of St John the Evangelist's Church, Bellerby, North Yorkshire, 1½ miles north of Leyburn. There are no other inscriptions, so it doesn't seem to have also been used...
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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...
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Medals to Q Battery RHA - by: djb
‘It is scarcely neccessary for me to allude at any length to the work done by ‘Q’ Battery during the present war. You are not likely to forget the Sannah’s Post affair, when the little force to which...
View Articlephotographs - by: ceekayl
Hi, I have 3 small photo albums containing pictures taken during the Boer war by a relative of mine, who I believe joined thru’ the postal service, I wondered if they would be of interest to anyone, I...
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Rosmead - by: djb
A train was held up 6 miles to the north of Bangor, between Rosmead and Sherborne. It was a goods train of thirty coaches and sixty men of the Prince Alfred's Guards were travelling in it on their way...
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Medals to Dennison's Scouts - by: djb
A very fitting way to start this thread: Major Dennison Picture courtesy of Spink A Superb Boer War D.S.O. Group of Five to Major C.G. Dennison, One of the Most Famous South African Irregular...
View ArticleEscot, near Ottery St Mary, Devon - by: BereniceUK
I came upon a newspaper article which mentioned two ABW deaths from Escot (also sometimes spelt as Escott around that time) - Richards and Berry - but couldn't find anything more than that. Can we...
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