ATTESTATION FORM - by: findahero
Please could someone explain the purpose of the Attestation Form and was it completed when you signed up etc ? I am just trying to get a better understanding of the form, I have found an Attestation...
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Lees, near Oldham - by: BereniceUK
Lees is a large village, east of the Oldham urban area, and was in Lancashire until 1974 (now in Greater Manchester), with the former county boundary with the West Riding of Yorkshire being at the east...
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Medals to the 5th Dragoon Guards - by: djb
Picture courtesy of Spink QSA (4) TH OFS RoL Tr (Capt. C.H. Stuart. 5/Drgn. Gds.) KSA (2) (Maj. C.H. Stuart. 5/Dgn. Gds.) Major Claude Houston Stuart-French, born March 1867, the third son of...
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Mafeking - by: djb
The Chemist's Shop after being hit by two shells from Long Tom Source of second image: The Graphic, Volume 62
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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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Cyphergat, Cypher Gat, Cyfer Gat, Syfergat - by: djb
One place, so many variations on its name. A coal railhead on the Molteno - Sterkstroom line, this town has a small Town Guard. With General Gatacre's force: the action at Cyphergat, 23 January 1900...
View ArticleSale of Canadian Boer War postal history - by: dunnboer
This sale may be of interest to some www.longleyauctions.com/25Boer.pdf?fbcli...ZsBIdX4rLPleipxrCmzw
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Private James Kalichan, King's Shropshire Light Infantry - died 24.6.1902 -...
While doing some research at Oldham Local Studies and Archives, I came across the article about Privates Kalichan and Lavin. Thanks to RootsChat I now have some bits and pieces about James Kalichan and...
View ArticleFlemming, Daniel Frederick Hermanus. Commandant - by: djb
Served: Hoopstad. Awarded the DTD (Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst).
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POW Francois Jacobus Lötter ~ Prisoner 24901 - by: ivanlotter
Francois Jacobus Lötter was born on the farm Kareelaagte, Pearston In 1877. He served under his cousin in the Lötter Commando. He was captured during the Battle of Groenkloof on 5 September 1901, and...
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The Indian Contingent - by: David Grant
The Corps of Guides This bronze QSA was my find of last year and it was found locally. The naming is indistinct but "Corps" and "Guides" as well as the prenominal number "35" can be seen with a glass....
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Natal - by: djb
A clasp inscribed "Natal" will be granted to all troops in Natal at any time between October 11th, 1899, and June 11th, 1900 both dates inclusive, who receive no clasp for an action in Natal nor the...
View ArticleMedals to Jameson Raiders - by: LinneyI
Forum members On my routine daily scan of dealer's sites, I noted that Bill Friar Medals (with whom I have no commercial arrangement apart from buying the odd item) has available the BSACo medal (1896...
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Tpr. H. Bridgewater, Bethunes Mtd. Inf. PoW - by: azyeoman
QSA with three clasps: NATAL OFS TRANS officially named to: 109 TPR H BRIDGEWATER BETHUNES MTD INFY WWI BWM & Victory 2 LIEUT H BRIDGEWATER RFA; later he was a lieutenant in the R.A.F. Confirmed...
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The Jameson Raid : Captors, Captives and Others - by: Henk Loots
Hi everybody The Raid has fascinated me for a very long time, especially after the late 1970's when I obtained the original of a raid-related telegram from the ZAR Commandant General P Joubert dated 31...
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..not in the nature of schoolboy gossip - E.L. Lowe of the Natal Police - by:...
Edward Lorne Lowe Trooper, Natal Police – Anglo Boer War 2nd Class Sergeant, Natal Police – Bambatha Rebellion 2nd Class Sergeant – Water Police, Durban - Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Natal,...
View ArticleLocation of death of Capt E.H. Brass - by: TomP-C
Dear All, I am trying to pinpoint the location where Captain Edward Henry Brass, commanding 1st (East Yorks) Coy, 14th Bn Mounted Infantry, was drowned crossing the Wilge River. His death is...
View ArticleHolders of both the Queen's South Africa Medal and the China War Medal - by:...
Were there many? I've come across a newspaper report of three men, all St. John Ambulance Brigade members, who were awarded both medals. "Three members of the local St. John's Ambulance Corps have been...
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London Stock Exchange - by: BereniceUK
This is the 2017 roll of honour, unveiled on 14th November that year outside the headquarters, which has been in Paternoster Square, The City, since 2004. The original ABW memorial is a marble tablet,...
View ArticleHelp with info on R.G.A. man - 2nd Southern Division - by: Rory
I have a QSA (part of a larger group) to a F Templeton who served with the 2nd Southern Division of the R.G.A. - his medal is named to this unit and has the Cape Colony clasp. The problem is that no...
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