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Help identifying battle/skirmish sites - by: Rory
Can anyone help with information on where and when the first three actions took place? Rory
View ArticleWellington College & Sandhurst Boer War Memorials? - by: Smethwick
I have started to investigate the life & times of the 44 men on the Pembrokeshire Boer War Memorial in Haverfordwest. Two are fully accounted for and one has been posted (Civil Surgeon Stanley...
View Article7260 PRIVATE GEORGE BILL: KSLI. QSA AND BRIDGNORTH TRIBUTE MEDAL - by:...
I have just followed the bidding for the above mentioned lot on e-bay. It eventually sold for £970 plus shipping. I hope one of our fellow forummers managed to win this highly desirable pair. George...
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Jac Coetzer Street Cemetery, Winburg - by: Smethwick
One of the 44 named on the Pembrokeshire Boer War Memorial is buried in the Jac Coetzer Street Cemetery in Winburg. He died of disease in Winburg Hospital on 11th October 1900. The Cemetery can be...
View ArticleAnyone know which companies of Lancashire Fusiliers surrendered at Spioenkop?...
Just curious to know: the LF soldiers who surrendered at Spioenkop are on the NFF casualty roll; all the POWs below are from 2nd Bttn Lancashire Fusiliers: but can anyone tell me which Companies of 2nd...
View ArticleZARPs photographs - by: Cirohennessey
Hello I am look for any photographs specifically of the ZARPs that are for sale. Many thanks
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Captain H. de C. Moody, South Wales Borderers - k.i.a. Nooitgedacht,...
At St Mary's Church, Foy, Herefordshire. . CAPTAIN HENRY DE CLERVAULX MOODY THE "SOUTH WALES BORDERERS" 24 TH REGIMENT FORMERLY OF "THE QUEEN'S" ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT KILLED IN ACTION AT...
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James Smart 799 Bethune's Mounted Infantry - by: smart799
Hi All Would anyone have any information about this man, he was my Great Grandfather, was badly wounded at Scheepers Nek and returned after being a prisoner of the Boers. My research has hit a wall.
View ArticleBlundell's Greyhounds - by: tarfside
hi All, My interest is in my grandfather's service in the Scots Guards during the Boer War, and in particular a unit nicknamed "Blundell's Greyhounds" which is mentioned in his obituary. Does any one...
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Pte J Flynn I.L.I. Re-united with KSA - by: crypt
Further to my earlier post, the KSA to J. Flynn has arrived and the pair are together again. QSA 1398 PTE J. FLYNN. IMPL : LT INFY. KSA 1946 SERJT : J. FLYNN. KITCHENER'S F.S. At first glance an odd...
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A Despatch Rider, Spy and Burger all in one - Lourens Marthinus Van Niekerk -...
Lourens Marthinus Van Niekerk Rapportryer (Despatch Rider), – Heilbron Commando Spioen (Spy), – Heidelberg Commando Burger, Boshof Commando - Anglo Boere Oorlog Medal to BURGER L.M. VAN NIEKERK Lourens...
View ArticleAnglo Boere Oorlog book? - by: Ians1900
I have recently been looking at the Anglo Boere Oorlog section of this website and found details of individuals very interesting. This is something I don't know much about at all, but I was wondering...
View ArticleGhost Soldier of Dalmanutha - by: Wisetraveller
Local legend has it that on October 13 every year the spirit of a British soldier walks along the railway line at Dalmanutha Station on the Pretoria to Lourenco Marques line. This story was repeated...
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Lieut. John Thirkill, 88th Regt.- died from fever near Stanger, Natal,...
In St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. ....THE LATE LIEUTENANT THIRKILL. - A handsome monumental tablet has just been erected in the parish church of Ross, by the officers, non-commissioned...
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Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire - by: BereniceUK
The plaque is in St Mary's Church, Ross; I was unable to take better photos as there are display boards standing in front of it. . Private Eustace Edmund Hamp Adams, 1st (King's) Shropshire Light...
View ArticleEdwards of Edwards Verkenner Korps - by: Rob D
Can any helpful soul provide me some information about the founder of Edwards' Verkenner Korps (Edwards' Scouts?), or a summary of the unit's activities? thanks! Rob
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Medals to the Army Pay Department - by: djb
Picture courtesy of Noonan's QSA (2) Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (Captn. R. H. W. Tulloh, A.P.D.) engraved naming, small area of erasure between rank and initials Henry William Tulloh was...
View ArticleDr Ralph Tennyson Jupp - Civil surgeon - founder of British Film and Cinema -...
Hi! My name is Roger. I am a retired (young 73!) I.T. Digital Preservation Manager. My time is spent researching not-for-profit local history here at Twickenham London. Currently working on the history...
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...
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Medals to the Victorian Mounted Rifles - by: coldstream
I picked this postcard up at the weekend, thought it might be of some interest. Paul
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