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Latest Aquisition and a Question....... N.V.A.C. - by: QSAMIKE
Good Afternoon Everyone...... Was able to do a bit of a Jiffy Bag Dance this afternoon..... I obtained the following and it has caused a bit of a question..... This is the second one that I have in my...
View ArticleNatal Carbineers - a new addition - by: Rory
A new addition to the Natal Carbineers "Squadron" currently in my care is the Natal clasp QSA to 873 Tpr. Frank Walter Taunton. Frank was the only son of Major Charles Edmund Taunton - one of the first...
View Articleprince of wales light horse - by: davidhall1001
Could anyone tell me the dates this Regiment existed, particularly when it was disbanded
View ArticleLooking for my grandmother's brother [Carl Samuelsson] - by: carlsgreatniece
Greetings! My Swedish grandmother had a brother named Carl Samuelson or Samuelsson, who died in the Boer War. He was a train engineer, and according to the family story, a trestle was dynamited as the...
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Raised Date QSA For Sale....... - by: QSAMIKE
Hi everyone....... This one also showed up on ebay..... Disk only and name has been removed....... www.ebay.com/itm/1899-1900-BRITISH-QUEEN...7:g:BX0AAOSw4DJYmzi6 At least to me it looks like a raised...
View ArticleMedal records of Prince of Wales Light Horse issued by South African Light...
Trooper 25949 B S Tomlin enlisted in the POWLH saw service in Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal. resigning in July 1901 and was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal, He has a medal sheet...
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Private Malcolm Mckenzie - by: Elmarie
Private Malcolm Mckenzie [4536] Died 3/6/1901 - Potchefstroom, South Africa See this unusual headstone....
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Reunited Plaque with interesting letter - by: 2li0
I have just reunited a WW1 Plaque with a QSA-1915 Trio to a Shropshire soldier with an interesting letter Alfred Powell SR/7537 6th King's Shropshire L.I., died 19 November 1918 France I bought his QSA...
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Battle of Elandslaagte - by: Simon A
My Great Great Uncle Arthur Rogers (No 4047, 5th Lancers) has the Defence of Ladysmith Clasp and I have since discovered from his War Pension that in May 1900 he was in “D” Squadron. After reading the...
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Scottish or Steinaecker's Horse or something els? - by: RoyS
Hi Chaps, Well first off, whatever this badge is, I bought it for no other reason than it really spoke to me, so if it turn out to me something other than I think, I'm fine as it was worth taking a...
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QSA to Natal Naval Volunteers. - by: LinneyI
Forum members Last year, in the body of a certain UK dealer's list, IL espied a QSA on offer; described as being awarded to the "Natal Native Volunteers". Intrigued, your correspondent sent a query....
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..not in the nature of schoolboy gossip - E.L. Lowe of the Natal Police - by:...
Edward Lorne Lowe Trooper, Natal Police – Anglo Boer War 2nd Class Sergeant, Natal Police – Bambatha Rebellion 2nd Class Sergeant – Water Police, Durban - Queens South Africa Medal with clasps Natal,...
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Anglo-Boer War memorial, Graaff-Reinet - by: QSAMIKE
Good Evening Everyone....... I read this on another forum and have rec'd permission to post here by the author, Mr. N. Nutting...... For your viewing pleasure..... Mike South Africa 2017 – Anglo-Boer...
View ArticleWalter Thomas Smith - by: BereniceUK
In St Michael's churchyard, Brierley Hill, is a memorial, raised by his wife, to Lieutenant Walter Thomas Smith, 1st Bedfordshire Regiment, who "after 17 years service including the Boer War, was...
View ArticleAn Armourer Sergeant in a Town Guard - by: Rory
I'm in the process of acquiring a Cradock Town Guard medal to the rank of Armourer Sergeant and wondered if this was an unusual rank for a Town Guard? Regards Rory
View ArticleIntroduction and Research question - by: Farina
HI I am an amateur genealogist with a number of discovered ancestors on the Anglo side of the Boer War and a large number of undiscovered ancestors on the Boer side. I am hoping to connect some of the...
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Dear "Old Chicken" was loved by all - F.W. Taunton - by: Rory
Frank Walter Taunton Trooper and Lieutenant, Natal Carbineers – Anglo Boer War - Queens South Africa Medal with clasp Natal to 873 Tpr. F.W. Taunton, Natal Carbineers Frank Taunton was born in...
View ArticleA mystery to solve - by: dreammaster
Good day Fellow members, my name is Jonathan Harrison, I am fourth generation South African on my mothers side, German settlers who arrivednin 1886. On my fathers side, they were apparently not in...
View ArticleQuestion - British South Africa Police - by: QSAMIKE
Good Morning Everyone...... The post office has just delivered a QSA to the British South Africa Police...... The medal has no bars but according to FMP he is entitled to Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal...
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