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Harold Sidney Hill Callum, Surgeon - died near Sanna's Post, 14.4.1902 - by:...
In Tadcaster Cemetery, North Yorkshire. There's also a plaque dedicated to him in Tadcaster Parish Church. www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/93122 MARIANNE THE BELOVED WIFE OF W. CALLUM, B.A. FELL...
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Medals to HMS Gibraltar - by: djb
HMS Gibraltar was a 1st Class twin screw cruiser of 7,700 tons. She served in South Africa between April 1901 to June 1902 and was commanded by Captain A H Limpus. Picture courtesy of DNW QSA (0) (W....
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Medals to Scott's Railway Guards - by: djb
Scott's Railway Guards about 500 strong and under he command of Lieutenant Colonel R G Scott, VC, DSO, did work on the Orange River - Kimberley railway line not unlike what the Railway Pioneer...
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Medals to the New Zealand Contingents - by: Trev
Hi, A medal for the collector with deep pockets. Below is a caption from a popular auction site with relevant price if you really do need a QSA of the 1st Contingent, New Zealand Mounted Rifles. An...
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Medals to the Kaffrarian Rifles - by: djb
Picture courtesy of Woolley and Wallis CGHGSM (1) Bechuanaland (942 PTE P.P. KELLY. KAFFRN RIFS), engraved in serif capitals. No Boer War service found. A Trooper Bewshire used this number during the...
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The Arthur Bignold, M.P., Silver Tribute Cups - by: Neville_C
... THE BIGNOLD CUPS Towards the end of April 1901, Mr Arthur Bignold, Liberal M.P. for the Northern Burghs of Scotland, resolved to make a presentation of silver cups to Volunteers from his...
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Medals to the Natal Volunteer Ambulance Corps (NVAC) - by: djb
The NVAC were quickly created near the start of the war to help with the casualties being sustained by the Ladysmith Relief Force. They were also short-lived, being disbanded in March 1900. Picture...
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The Defence of Mafeking QSA to Conductor T Hornby - by: djb
Lot 60 in the Spink Centenary Sale was a Mafeking siege QSA to Conductor T Hornby. It sold for a hammer price of £600. Liverpool Medals advertised the medal in February 2000 for £895. It was sold...
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A Nicholson's Nek POW and later fatality - Albert Powe - by: Rory
Albert Powe was not only taken POW at Nicholson's Nek on 30 October 1899 when the battery's mules took flight but, after surviving POW life in Pretoria, he was to succumb to Enteric Fever and breath...
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Bechuanaland Rebellion 1897, report by Lt Col Dalgety - by: djb
I have recently acquired this 71 page report on the Rebellion which was commanded by Lt Col E H Dalgety, CMR. I will be adding it to the Books section. It may be a slow process as there are many...
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ST. PETER'S CHURCH, WINCHCOMBE. MEMORIAL PLAQUE. - by: Moranthorse1
MEMORIAL PLAQUE, ST. PETER'S CHURCH, GLOUCESTER STREET, WINCHCOMBE, TEWKESBURY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GL54 5LU. ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID REFERENCE: SP02298 28218. St. Peter's Church, Winchcombe. The memorial...
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Lot of Boer War books - by: djb
With thanks to Adrian for alerting me to the Mullocl's Auctions, in the same auction as the telegram is a carton on 18 Boer War related books including a set of the Times History (except the index, Vol...
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Medals to the Stanger Mounted Rifles - by: djb
A small unit of 54 men. Addison, Trooper . SAGS (1) 1879 Addison, Captain F. SAGS (1) 1879 Bannick, Trooper . SAGS (1) 1879 Bond, Trooper . SAGS (1) 1879 Boyce, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Boyce, Trooper...
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Captain C. W. Collins, Cheshire Regt.-died of wounds at Elandsfontein...
In St John the Baptist Church, Knaresborough, Yorkshire. . . TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF CAPTAIN CHARLES WELMAN COLLINS THE CHESHIRE REGIMENT SON OF MAJOR JOSEPH COLLINS, LATE OF...
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A 69th Battery R.F.A. man - P.O.W. at Blood River Poort - C.H. Robertson -...
Charles Harry Robertson Missing in Action, Blood River Poort, 17 September 1901 Bombardier, 69th Battery, Royal Field Artillery – Anglo Boer War - Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Talana, Defence...
View ArticleA. Matthews South Wales Borderers - by: Crumlin
Hi, On Find My Past an A. Matthews (no number) appears on the Medal Roll for the 2nd Battalion S.W.B. in South Africa. I have fully researched the life (cradle to grave) of Arthur Matthews No. 1376 who...
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1074 Pte. A. Griffen, Rifle Brig. PoW Rietfontein 07/07/1900 - by: azyeoman
QSA with CC and OFS officially named to 1074 Pte. A. Griffen, Rifle Brigade. Albert Griffin was born in 1872 at Leeds, Yorkshire. He enlisted into the Rifle Brigade on the 20/2/1891 and was stationed...
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CHAPTER HOUSE, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL. BRONZE MEMORIAL PANELS - by: Moranthorse1
CHAPTER HOUSE, GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL, 12 COLLEGE GREEN, GLOUCESTER, GL1 2LX. Gloucester Cathedral is located near to the city centre with ample parking nearby. It really is a spectacular building set...
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Bergendal - photographs of Boer dead - by: Neville_C
Here are a couple of photographs from the album of Captain Cecil Macready, 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders, taken immediately after the Battle of Bergendal (Dalmanutha / Belfast) on 27 Aug 1900. The...
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The Mayor of Kimberley's Daughter - by: Smethwick
Found, whilst looking for something else, in The Sphere 28 July 1900 Well, it amused me!
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