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QSA medals need medal rolls - by: FSburgher
Hello Rory and other Forum members, I recently acquired QSA with 4 bars to 370 Pte W Brown HLI a very low no. could he have been at Battle of Magersfontein; and QSA with 4 bars to 25406 Tpr Roberts...
View ArticleNewbie -- 5th West Australian Mounted Infantry - by: sodbuster
Hello to all . Joined this site hoping to glean any info on my ancestor, an unmarried miner from Kalgoorlie WA who enlisted as Pte. Cecil Ernest FISHER 5Th WAMI regimental no.256 ,died of malaria at...
View ArticleMy Grandfather - by: dmullen343
Hello: My name is Daniel A Mullen, and I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pa., USA. I'm a new member. My grandfather fought in the Boer War and wrote a book titled "Mafeking Memories". His name was...
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John West Rafferty - an interesting I.M.R. man - by: Rory
Rafferty was a very young entrant to the Boer War - he was also, as events will show, a bit of a bounder who met with an untimely demise John West Rafferty Assistant Ganger, Imperial Military Railways...
View ArticleNew Jiffy Bag Dance...... - by: QSAMIKE
Good Morning Everyone...... One jiffy bag from a few days ago...... Original purchased and then sold over 10 years ago and now returned...... AUSTIN, H. W. REG. NO.: 407 RANK: CORPORAL REGT: QUEENSLAND...
View ArticleIdentification Data on British & S.A. Medals....... - by: QSAMIKE
Good Afternoon Everyone..... Just before Christmas I mentioned a booklet that I obtained that gave information on the naming of units etc on British medals...... The original forum is located here:...
View ArticleCape Colonial Forces 1901 - 1902 - by: QSAMIKE
Good Afternoon Everyone....... A couple of weeks ago there was a thread about "Kidger's Scouts" and them being part of the Cape Colonial Forces...... Therefore here is a list, again from the pamphlet...
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Assistance with info and valuation of Boer issue Boer war and WWII Medals -...
Morning all, I have the opportunity to buy the below described set of medals See attached Boer issue Boer war medal issued to G.C. Davidtzs. Comes with WWI, WWII and WWII Africa medals all under the...
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Borough of Stafford Memorial previously in Kitchener House - by: dunnboer
Does anyone know whether this impressive memorial to Stafford volunteers still exists and if so, where? The photo is from Jeff Elson's book "The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) South...
View ArticleGreat Grandad and Great Great Uncle in the war. - by: Riversmoon
Good day. I am coming to this forum from the "genealogy angle. I am interested in finding out about the military history of my family. I have two relatives who served in the 2nd Boer War. My Great...
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Corporal W.N. Coulston, Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Cavalry IY - by:...
Corporal William Noble Coulston, 23rd Company 8th Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Cavalry, Imperial Yeomanry. The Coulston family plot is in Layton Cemetery, Blackpool. Coulston and Troopers...
View ArticleNorwegians in the Anglo-Boer War - by: Brett Hendey
I have been researching Captain H B Andreasen, Border Mounted Rifles, whose medals I recently acquired, and a great deal of information that relates to him has come to light. I have decided to separate...
View ArticleToday's Interesting Find...... - by: QSAMIKE
Good Afternoon Everyone...... Well it looks like Garage Sale Season has started early this year...... At least 2 1/2 months early....... Did not find any militaria this time but did find something that...
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St Augustine's, Scottish Episcopal Church, Dumbarton - by: BereniceUK
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF JOHN CLEMENT MORRISON AND WILLIAM LOGIE LLOYD FITZWILLIAMS THEY JOINED THE VOLUNTEER BATTALION OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS FOR SERVICE...
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Private J.T. Patterson, 1st Border Regiment - by: BereniceUK
Does anyone know what his full name is, please?
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Captain A B Andreasen, Border Mounted Rifles - by: Brett Hendey
Captain H B Andreasen, Border Mounted Rifles CIVILIAN LIFE Hans Brittanus Andreasen was born in Norway in about 1860, and he emigrated to Natal in 1882 with the first organised group of Norwegians to...
View Articlepieter willem adriaan claassens - by: claassen1
i'm busy doing my husbands family tree. pieter willem adriaan claassens, he was a prisoner of war on the s.s. aurania. he died on route to Bombay. why were they taken him to Bombay as i can not find a...
View Articlepieter willem adriaan claassens - by: claassen1
pieter was a prisoner of war on the s.s. aurania. Why is their not a list with his name on it. would he have been given a medal as he died on the s.s. aurania? just finding it so hard to find any...
View ArticleKendal, Westmorland - by: BereniceUK
I've been looking in the Westmorland Gazette for reports of the five men on Kendal's ABW memorial plaque, and have found three of them to date. Struggling to find the other two, please can anyone...
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