February 24th - by: djb
1900 - Ladysmith siege day 115 (96%). Mafeking siege day 135 (62%). 1901 - De Wet crosses the railway near Orange River Station. 1902 - Von Donop's convoy captured by De la Rey at Yzer Spruit. In...
View ArticleFebruary 25th - by: djb
1900 - Ladysmith siege day 116 (97%). Mafeking siege day 136 (62%). 1902 - Capture of post at Windhoek, near Van Bhynsdorp. In Ladysmith: Nearly all the patients who have passed through the field...
View ArticleFebruary 26th - by: djb
1900 - Ladysmith siege day 117 (98%). Mafeking siege day 137 (63%). Lumsden's Horse sail from India. 1902 - End of the drive in E. Free State. Meyer and 600 Boers captured. In Mafeking: Runners in this...
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February 27th - by: djb
1900 - Ladysmith siege day 118 (99%). Mafeking siege day 138 (63%). Surrender of Cronje. Over 4,000 prisoners taken. Boers evacuate Colesberg. Clements re-occupies Rensburg. Battle of Pieter's Hill....
View ArticleFebruary 28th - by: djb
1900 - Ladysmith siege day 119 (100%). Mafeking siege day 139 (64%). End of the siege of Ladysmith. Clements occupies Colesberg. Boers retire across Orange River. 1901 - Sir A. Milner leaves Cape Town...
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March 1st - by: djb
1900 - Mafeking siege day 140 (64%). Lord Roberts arrives in Kimberley. 1901 - De Wet reaches Philippolis. 1902 - Natal territory enlarged by Utrecht, Vryheid and part of Wakkerstroom districts. In...
View ArticleMarch 2nd - by: djb
1900 - Mafeking siege day 141 (64%). 1902 - Methuen marches out from Vryburg. In Mafeking: Shell fire. Our new gun was tried on the sniping trenches, more for ranging purposes and to learn her extent...
View ArticleMarch 3rd - by: djb
1898 - Governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaf Reinet - Middelburg railway line 1900 - Mafeking siege day 142 (65%). 1901 - Attack on Lichtenburg by De la Rey beaten off. 1903 -...
View ArticleMarch 4th - by: djb
1900 - Mafeking siege day 143 (65%). 1901 - Plumer in action with Fourie and Brand at Zuurfontein. In Mafeking: This morning at daybreak the Boers were still working, so we gave them a volley at forty...
View ArticleMarch 5th - by: djb
1900 - Mafeking siege day 144 (66%). 1902 - Steyn and de Wet leave the N.E. Free State. In Mafeking: The big gun is back at the old place east of the town; her immediate entourage evidently prefer gun...
View ArticleMarch 6th - by: djb
1900 - Mafeking siege day 145 (66%). In Mafeking: Yesterday our seven-pounders made very good shooting on the Boer brickfield trenches, and after Mr. Feltham, Protectorate Regiment, had thrown dynamite...
View ArticleMarch 7th - by: djb
1900 - Mafeking siege day 146 (67%). 1902 - Lord Methuen defeated and made prisoner at Tweebosch. In Mafeking: Heavy firing all night in the brickfields; only two shells. The Boers have commenced to...
View ArticleMarch 8th - by: djb
1900 - Mafeking siege day 147 (67%). Clements advances from Colesberg. In Mafeking: Good news arrived of Cronje's defeat and surrender, and the wiping out of Majuba Day. Soldiers were proud, the...
View ArticleMarch 9th - by: djb
1900 - Mafeking siege day 148 (68%). In Mafeking: Heavy firing all night, commencing early with heavy volleys on the north and north-west fronts. I rode round the western outposts; it is a very...
View ArticleQSAs with clasp Elandslaagte - by: elandslaagte
Hi All I am a collector of Q.S.A medals . I have always had a passion to collect medals with the Elandslaagte clasp/s. Like most collectors when starting, you collect any QSA , as time goes you tend to...
View ArticleMedals to the Commander in Chief's Bodyguard - by: Stu C in C
I have 2 medals to this Regiment / Corps purchased 10 years apart. Having looked on this site, I am worried about the clasps on the 6 clasp medal as the top three are in the wrong order. Is it possible...
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QSAs with the clasp Wepener - by: djb
The purpose of this thread is for QSAs with the clasp Wepener. From my research so far, there are some 2,050 Wepener clasps issued Due to the subdsequent movement of troops between units, there are a...
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Ogdens cigarette cards - by: coldstream
Not sure if this has been covered before, apologies if it has. I managed to win a few of these cards on ebay last week and got to wonder do any of our members collect them? I have seen a few different...
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QSAs with clasp Talana - by: djb
The two other threads on clasps for Elandslaagte and Wepener have been really enjoyable so I thought I ought to start a new thread for the Talana clasp, another favourite of mine. For my Talana book, I...
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QSA - Copy clasps - by: djb
I saw a QSA on a dealer's site today and immediately thought the DoM clasp was a copy. Here are are the clasps. What do you think?
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