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CRONJE, P.A. GENERAL - by: Elmarie

POW NUMBER: 3500 SURNAME: CRONJE FORENAME: PIETER ARNOLDUS AGE: 64 YEARS RANK: GENERAL CAPTURED: 1900/02/27, PAARDEBERG POW CAMP: DEADWOOD, ST HELENA

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ROUX, P.H. GENERAL (MINISTER) - by: Elmarie

POW NUMBER: 8467 SURNAME: ROUX FORENAME: PAUL HENDRIK AGE: 37 YEARS ADDRESS: SENEKAL, WINBURG RANK: GENERAL (MINISTER) CAPTURED: 1900/07/31, CALEDON VALLEY POW CAMP: DIYATALAWA, CEYLON

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STEYN, WILLIAM HERBERT (WILLIE) COMDT - by: Elmarie

POW NUMBER: 7232 SURNAME: STEYN FORENAME: WILLIAM HERBERT (WILLIE) AGE: 25 YEARS ADDRESS: HEILBRON RANK: COMMANDANT CAPTURED: 1900/06/11, RHENOSTER RIVER SEND FOR DIYATALAWA, CEYLON, SHIP: CATALONIA...

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BOLDINGH, G. LIEUTENANT - by: Elmarie

POW NUMBER: 25514 SURNAME: BOLDINGH FORENAME: GERRIT AGE: 30 YEARS ADDRESS: HOLLAND, EUROPE RANK: LIEUT, OFS ARTILLERY CAPTURED AND WOUNDED: 1901/12/16, NEAR HANOVER DIED: 1901/12/19

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CLEAVER, F.R.M. FIELD-CORNET - by: Elmarie

POW NUMBER: 3129 SURNAME: CLEAVER FORENAME: FERRAR, REGINALD MOSTYN AGE: 29 YEARS ADDRESS: YEOVILLE, JOHANNESBURG RANK: FIELD-CORNET CAPTURED: 1900/06/12, PRETORIA POW CAMP: DIYATALAWA, CEYLON DIED:...

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ELOFF, SAREL JOHANNES COMDT - by: Elmarie

POW NUMBER: 3390 SURNAME: ELOFF FORENAME: SAREL JOHANNES AGE: 30 YEARS ADDRESS: JOHANNESBURG RANK: STARTED AS A LIEUTENANT IN ZAR POLICE AND THEN PROMOTED AS COMMANDANT OF JOHANNESBURG COMMANDO. (HE...

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FIGULUS, GEORGE VICTOR CAPT - by: Elmarie

POW NUMBER: 3543 SURNAME: FIGULUS FORENAME: GEORGE VICTOR AGE: 42 YEARS ADDRESS: KRUGERSDORP CAPTURED: 1899/10/21, ELANDSLAAGTE POW CAMP: DEADWOOD, ST HELENA * RECEIVED THE WOUND RIBBON (LINT VOOR...

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HELMBOLD, WILLIAM FIELD-CORNET - by: Elmarie

POW NUMBER: 5656 SURNAME: HELMBOLD FORENAME: WILLIAM AGE: 42 YEARS ADDRESS: BOSHOF RANK: FIELD-CORNET CAPTURED: 1899/11/23, BELMONT POW CAMP: DARRELLS ISLAND, BERMUDA

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W.T.J. Broughton 6004 Trooper Imperial Yeomanry Scouts ?? - by: 142bravo

Hello I am a new member so I do hope that I have got this done correctly if not my apologizes to all. I am trying to figure out if a QSA medal I have is spurious with respect to it's naming (which I...

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New Member - by: 142bravo

Hello All - I wanted to briefly introduce myself to the forum members. I am a retired Canadian Police Officer and have been a collector of Victorian (and early WW1 period) British and Canadian full...

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NLH or ILH - by: baobab

Is it possible, from the attached photos to tell whether my great uncle, Lawrence Doering, was with the ILH or the NLH? Many thanks

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Walter Karri-Davies - by: Timothy

Hello, I am the grandson of Walter Karri-Davies, one of the founders of The Imperial Light Horse Regiment and have started to do some research in to his life and that if his family. My mother, who was...

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"His ways and mine are quite different" - the E.D. Lightening story - by: Rory

As a game ranger in the early part of the 20th century, Lightening rubbed shoulders with the rich and famous but he was a humble man in tune with nature and a "fish out of water, in the city. Ernest...

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1750 Pte. T. Simpson NF PoW 4/4/1900 Reddersburg - by: azyeoman

QSA 1899-1902 WITH CLASPS FOR CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE & TRANSVAAL TO, 1750.PTE.T.SIMPSON.NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS. THE RECIPIENT WAS TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR AT REDDERSBURG 4-4-1900.

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3287 Pte. T Robins 2 Bn. Worcester Regt. PoW 15.6.1901 - by: azyeoman

Queen's South Africa Medal (Clasps - Cape Colony, Transvaal & Witterbergen) named to 3287 Pte. T. Robins. Worcester: Regt. King's South Africa Medal (Clasps - South Africa 1901 & South Africa...

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'Men of Clackmannan,' Scotland - by: BereniceUK

www.angloboerwar.com/forum/19-ephemera/9...orial-alloa-scotland The memorial is for the county of Clackmannanshire, and is in the county town of Alloa. Clackmannanshire was the smallest county in...

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Lt. JF Hawkins, Robert's Horse PoW Sanna's Post 31.3.1901 - by: azyeoman

Queen’s South Africa, 5 bars, Relief of Kimberley, Paardebeerg, Driefontein, Transvaal, SA 1901, Lieutenant J.F. Hawkins, Roberts Horse, Made Prisoner of War at Sanna's Post. The regiment occupying the...

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Sir EH Goschen, Tpr. 47th Coy, 13th Bn Imp Yeo PoW Lindley 31/5/1900 - by:...

Currently on offer at London Medal Center... The superb Boer War Lindley Disaster Prisoner of War, Diplomatic Corps and Egyptian Civil Service Turkish Order of the Medjidieh, 2nd Class, Egyptian Order...

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NEW MEMBER - by: PAPAHOOT

HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ROY BARTIE AND I LIVE IN SCOTLAND.I AM 58 YEARS OLD AND I DISCOVERED THIS SITE WHILST TRYING TO RESEARCH INFORMATION ON 3 QSA'S THAT I HAVE IN MY POSSESSION. I HAD TO JOIN...

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W W Whitcroft - by: MBW

My Great Great Uncle, Walter William Whitcroft ( No. 3916 Royal Horse Artillery "G" Battery) was killed on 21st October 1901 at Cornelius River. He was killed with a Sergeant Scott and they were both...

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