Zulu Dawn - Zulu - Shaka Zulu - by: QSAMIKE
Was supposed to go out tonight to a birthday party but the birthday boy came down with the flu so it was postponed for a week...... Decided to see if there was anything on the box...... A local station...
View ArticleBattles/ Skirmishes at Moodies (Barberton), Schurwekop - by: Juba
Good day I received my great great grandfathers Vorm B recently. He said that he participated in battles at Moodies (Spelled as "Modies Barberton" on his Vorm B ) in Barberton and Schurwekop. Can...
View ArticleBattles/ Skirmishes at Moodies "Modies" in Barberton and Schurwekop - by: Juba
Good day all I received my great great grandfather's Vorm B recently. He said that he participated in battles at Moodies (Spelled as "Modies Barberton" on his Vorm B ) in Barberton and Schurwekop. Can...
View ArticleThank you Berenice - by: djb
Berenice, I note that you have made 999 posts to the forum so before your 1,000th, I wanted to say a very big thank for all your contributions. Your research on memorials and the very many excellent...
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80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment - 1878-1879 - by: BereniceUK
St. Michael's Chapel, Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire. Not great photos, too many blurred images, but I was able to transcribe the names. Erected by the Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men...
View ArticleRoyal Horse Guards - by: QSAMIKE
Good Evening Everyone....... Does anyone have a spare QSA, bars not important, named to The Royal Horse Guards that they wish to part with??????? Please let me know by PM....... Mike
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Private Thomas Elcocks, King's Shropshire Light Infantry - K.I.A. 6.11.1900 -...
In All Saints' Church, Wellington, Shropshire. Wellington is now part of Telford New Town. 4728 Private Thomas Elcocks, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Killed in action at Lilliefontein, South...
View Article1st Battalion Connaught Rangers - by: QSAMIKE
Good Afternoon Everyone...... Does anyone have any records or the above unit...... I am looking for information on: 1812 Private P. Quirke, 1st Connaught Rangers (single bar Cape Colony) I have gone...
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Worthy of Research - Zulu - Boer - WW1 - by: QSAMIKE
Good Morning Everyone....... Just saw this on Ebay and seems to be a family group according to seller....... Would be worth researching...... MEDAL COLLECTION ZULU & WWI. 1914 XMAS TIN. SOUTH...
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Tailor's Ribbon Chart - by: QSAMIKE
Good Morning Everyone...... I was doing some house cleaning yesterday and found a number of things that I had put away and forgotten..... Here is one item...... A Ribbon Chart made with samples of...
View ArticleSword - by: Rderry
I have a family heirloom sword that we think an ancestor brought back from South Africa to the UK it has an inscription on it f2 82 8H 19 ... I think that's the 19th hussars but any way that I can...
View ArticleDelville Wood - by: Aud
Hello from South Africa For a couple of years, we have been helping a man to put together the story of one young man who died in Delville Wood. He has just finished putting together his site and I...
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Service Medal of the Order of St John - first award on 6 Jan 1900? - by: djb
The Service Medal is awarded for a number of years of service, 12 or 10 and can be awarded for conspicuous service. It was announced in the St John Ambulance Brigade General Regulations for 1895,...
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How do I find out which medals my Grandpapa got in the Boer War? - by: HeatherMc
Hi, I am finding it very difficult to find which regiment my Grandpapa Donald McLean, was in, during the Boer War, I don't know if he was maybe a volunteer at the time. He was born 20/10/1880 in...
View ArticlePOW of the Boers-Gloucester Regt - by: Georgegt351
I have just been lucky enough to purchase a QSA to 4055 PTE G. Barrett of the 1st Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regt who was made a POW at Nicholson's Nek on the 30th of October 1899. He had only...
View Article4054 Pte C.Williams 6th Dragoon Guards-died Germiston 17 Jan 1901 - by:...
Just purchased this medal-does anybody on this forum know where he is buried and have a photo of the grave- last time I asked a similar question relating to a medal I have I got an outstanding...
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Private Christopher Thompson, 3rd Batt. Durham Light Infantry - by: Elmarie
Private C Thompson Number: 4687 Drowned 2nd March 1900 at Thomas River, Cathcart - Eastern Cape Buried: Historical Village Cemetery, Cathcart district, South Africa
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Private William Badman, 4th Batt. Somerset Light Infantry - by: Elmarie
Private W Badman Number: 5019 KIA Buried: Historical Village Cemetery, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape South Africa
View Article4848 PTE D.Mc Intrye 2nd Dragoon Guards Died Sanderton 23 Nov 1901 - by:...
I have been very busy and have picked up another casualty as named above , 3 State clasps and S.Africa 1901. Does anybody know where he is buried or have a photo of the grave or if mentioned on a...
View ArticleLeinster Regiment Grave Markers - by: Stephen_C
Hi all, I'm currently finishing some work for publication and have a number of Leinster Regiment soldier's who died in South Africa, from research I have, many of these soldiers are recorded as have...
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