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Unknown Boer War Badge - by: Adrian123456
Hi Can anyone identify this badge, it’s is unmarked silver. Motto is : Oer Road Drift & Veldt Letters may be I T C Thanks Adrian
View ArticleHow many Cooke on the Defence of Mafeking roll? - by: rdarby
Hi Does anyone have the roll and able to tell me how many men called Cooke are on it for colonial units please? I have traced a scout called Cooke who I think is Sgt L Cooke of the Bechuanaland Rifles....
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A plethora of ephemera - Frederick Samuel Sargeant, A.S.C. - by: Rory
A chance drive into the countryside this morning yielded unexpected dividends. I have never seen a group with this much ephemera before. The medals (and ephemera) are to Staff Sergeant Frederick Samuel...
View ArticleMrs Chamberlain, No. 1 Base Hospital, Cape Town - by: BereniceUK
The Boer War Nurses' Database is down at present, so I've not been able to identify Mrs Chamberlain, of Stratford-upon-Avon. . . THE SOUTH AFRICAN HOSPITALS. STRONG INDICTMENT BY MRS. R. CHAMBERLAIN....
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An interview with Fred Lyne, Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps - by: BereniceUK
....The endurance, tenacity, and heroic determination of the British soldier has been displayed over and over again in the engagements fought by our troops in South Africa, and duly recorded by war...
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2926 CORPORAL ARTHUR HENRY GOLDSACK: ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS - by: Moranthorse1
QUEENS SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL CLASPS: CAPE COLONY CONDITION: VGF. DARKENING TONE. ORIGINAL RIBBON. NICE SLANTING STYLE INSCRIPTION TO THE RIM. Arthur Henry Goldsack was born in the first quarter of 1872...
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Scottish Sharpshooters - 70th Company Imperial Yeomanry - by: BereniceUK
In St Giles's Cathedral, Edinburgh. The company was raised in Edinburgh. . . Erected by the Scottish Sharp- shooters & Friends in memory of their Comrades who fell in South Africa during 1900-1901...
View ArticleErnest Jeffs - by: djb
Posted by Phil Jeffs: Looking for my Great Uncle Ernest Jeffs. His medals and battle bars were held in trust by NZDF, where he emigrated to after the Boer War as he enlisted in London. He died there in...
View ArticleDCM or MID - by: ChrisE
Sorry for what may seem a daft question (stay with m, I've got plenty more) In the Boer War if a soldier was awarded a Distinguished Conduct Medal did that award appear as such in the London Gazette...
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Driver 72586 Isaac Tynan, Royal Field Artillery – a frustrated cavalryman -...
Isaac Tynan was born in Smethwick on Christmas Eve 1872. His mother, Mary Ann Tynan, was of Roman Catholic Irish descent and never married. So not an auspicious start for young Isaac. The 3rd April...
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Nursing Sister Julia Nettie Underwood (Croft) - R.R.C. - by: Rory
Julia Nettie Underwood, R.R.C. Nursing Sister – Anglo Boer War - Royal Red Cross Decoration - Queens South Africa Medal to Nursing Sister J.N. Underwood - Kings South Africa Medal to Nursing Sister...
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451 LANCE CORPORAL JOHN SPOTTISWOODE EUSTACE; S. A. LIGHT HORSE. KIA...
PART ONE Portrait of Lance Corporal John Spottiswoode Eustace SON OF THE IRISH ASCENDANCY John Spottiswoode Eustace, affectionately known to his nearest and dearest as 'Jack,' was born on 24th July...
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Was this Cornelius T. Mostert of the Frankfort Commando? - by: Rory
I happened upon this interesting photo, taken at the time of the Royal Visit to SA in 1947. The only Cornelius Mostert I could find in the rolls is the above chap - of course it's possible that the man...
View ArticleL. Marr, Umtali Burghers - Lancelot Pattinson Marr? - by: BereniceUK
I came across a death notice for L. P. Marr, and wondered if he was L. Marr, of the Umtali Burghers. DEATHS. MARR.—On March 3rd, at Umtali, Rhodesia, South Africa, Lancelot Pattinson Marr, of...
View ArticleMedals at auction - by: Clive Stone
Hi all QSA medal seekers Currently living in Clevedon near Bristol and going to a local auction viewing tomorrow Just seen the following on the preview -There are 4 Boer War medals - lots 204 to 207...
View ArticleMy Missing Medals - by: philso
Searching for missing medals from my Great Uncle Ernest Jeffs. They were left in Trust with NZDF when he died in 1947, I applied for his medal and was informed by NZDF that it was misplaced. Cape...
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Water Bottles and Field Kit - by: Rob D
I thought it would be interesting to see members' items of field kit. To start, this is a British Mk I water bottle, found a few years after the War near Spioenkop. It has lost its felt cover. A...
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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....
View ArticleRegister of Surviving medals awarded to St John Ambulance Brigade - by:...
The attachment is a listing from the register of surviving medals. It uses the following key: Q = QSA B = SJAB Bronze medal K = KSA C = China Medal + = Other medals Yes = image of medal/group Please...
View ArticleMarch 27th - by: djb
1900 - Mafeking siege day 166 (76%). Death of General Joubert. Louis Botha to succeed him. Clements occupies Fauresmith. In Mafeking: The Boers commenced early and continued a heavy shell fire all day,...
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