Thomas Coombes, of Ystrad, Rhondda; guilty of "Ill treating a sheep" - by:...
I couldn't find any other press reports, wartime or other, relating to this man. Can we identify him and his regiment? The Welsh Regiment? _____________________________________ "Illtreating a sheep by...
View ArticleForum: Returning to a former favourite - by: djb
The vendor of the forum component of the site has recently started to sell the old theme which we used for a long time. I have just installed this so the forum has returned to its former look and feel.
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Presentation of the Queen's Shilling to the CIV January 1900 - by: dunnboer
I purchased this from Baldwin's last week. It came with a Spink absent minded beggar medallion which clearly was not the original content of the box. The indentation in the silk lining fits a victorian...
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Tpr. J.H.Bisdee's Victoria Cross group. - by: LinneyI
Forum members Displayed in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery is the Victoria Cross group of medals awarded to Trooper J.H.Bisdee (later Lt.Col in WW1). "34 Tpr. John Hutton Bisdee," served with the...
View ArticleNatal Police Daily Orders added to the site - by: djb
When I was in South Africa last year, one of our forum members gave me copies of the Natal Police Daily Orders. I have almost finished scanning these pages and will be presenting them on the site in 10...
View ArticleSt John Medal for South Africa - by: wash2599
Looking for the St John Ambulance medal for South Africa to Ord H.Peck Birmingham Corps. I have his QSA with one clasp.
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Lieutenant Hugh Stewart McCorquodale - by: BereniceUK
In St. Sadwrn's Churchyard, Llansadwrn, Anglesey, Wales. More on H. S. McCorquodale here - www.angloboerwar.com/forum/17-memorials-...akerfield-lancashire THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS...
View ArticlePrincess Christian's Army Nursing Service Reserve - by: backman
Hello,I wonder if anyone can help with a recent acquisition?It is a uniform badge for the PCANSR numbered 552 to an Eleanor Beetham who trained at Crumshall Hospital Manchester.It has lost its pin...
View ArticleThe Nation's Gift ,Queen Alexandra's Presentation Nursing Wallet - by: backman
I have this item in my collection but have not been able to find out much about it and wonder if anyone can help please? It is a fairly standard Nurses set or wallet which were commonly used in the...
View ArticleGandhi's QSA - by: QSAMIKE
Hi Everyone....... I was asked a question this evening that I could not answer....... Maybe Mr. Grant you have the answer????? Is Gandhi’s QSA bronze or silver issue? Mike
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Lt. Guy George WYLLY's Victoria Cross group. - by: LinneyI
Forum members Displayed in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, alongside the VC group of Tpr. Bisdee, is that awarded to Lt. G. G.E. Wylly of the 1st Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen. The brave deed...
View ArticleTrooper Fergusson, 4th Hussars - by: BereniceUK
Bearing in mind a possible misspelling of the surname, could this be 3393 Private G. Fergusson, of the 3rd Hussars? There was a Robert Ferguson, died 3rd April 1901, aged 30, and buried in Belfast City...
View ArticleJ.H. Warrington - M.M.P. - by: Rory
One of my most recent "finds" was the BSAC (Rhodesia 1896) to Sub-Inspector J.H. Warrington of the Mashonaland Mounted Police. As always the fun part is the research but I must confess to being stumped...
View ArticleNatal Hussars - by: Rory
I find my lack of a decent library beginning to tell. I acquired the 1879 clasp SAGS to Tpr. A.P. Vlotman of the Natal Hussars but, quite aside from not knowing much about him - his unit too is rather...
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An Interesting Set Of Miniatures - by: Baden Powell
I am fortunate that of my three sons one has become a British Medal Collector as has his son. Three generations of collectors in the family. This past Sunday they showed me a new acquisition, the...
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17th May, 1900 - by: LinneyI
Forum members On this day, 117 years ago, the siege of Mafeking was finally raised. The day previous (16th May, 1900), the combined forces of Colonels Mahon and Plumer finally broke through the Boer...
View ArticleDid anyone in my family fight in the boer war? - by: Juba
Good day I want to find out if anyone of my family took part in the boer war. My name is Ryno Joubert, my father is Leonard Daniel Joubert (born in 1967), my grandfather is Willem Johannes Joubert...
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Dining out with the City Imperial Volunteers - by: dunnboer
I have always had a weakness for CIV ephemera. Never can a regiment that did so little and for such a short period have been so celebrated! Whilst searching through my accumulated material I was struck...
View ArticleDereham Soldiers - 2nd Boer War - by: Kitty55
Hi I've already been researching how many soldiers went from my local town and have so far found 34. I know from a newspaper report that just over 40 went but don't seem to be able to find the rest. So...
View ArticleMeaning of Site Symbols - by: Kitty55
Hi Although I've been searching on and off for a couple of months I can find no explaination as to what a phone symbol next to one of my posts means or any of the other symbols I find there i.e. a text...
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