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Radley College, Oxfordshire - by: BereniceUK
In the college chapel. Above the memorial is a window dedicated to Lieutenant General Woodgate. Lieutenant General Sir Edward Robert Prevost Woodgate Trooper Calverley Trevelyan Hancock Lieutenant...
View ArticleUpdating the forum - by: djb
I am changing the forum this morning to fix an error with editing user profiles. This may mean the forum is unpredictable for a while. I will let you know when this work is complete.
View ArticleThe I.L.I and Spioenkop - by: Rory
I have a pair to Alexander Laing who served with the Imperial Light Infantry in the early days of the Natal campaign before earning his KSA with Kitchener's Fighting Scouts. I know it's a difficult...
View ArticleSoldiers who returned to die - by: BereniceUK
How can we get to see a copy of this return? Who would we apply to? Bureaucracy being what it is, surely this will still be kept somewhere. "A Parliamentary return has been issued stating the number of...
View ArticlePrivate J. F. Grourke, 1st South Staffs. Regiment - died at Tamworth...
"Hundreds of spectators were on Saturday afternoon assembled along the principal streets of the town, on the occasion of the funeral of Private John Francis Grourke, of the 1st South Staffordshire...
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1683 Pte. T. Brown Scots Rifles, PoW Blood River Poort 17/9/1901 - by: azyeoman
Here's another Boer War PoW pair for an interesting battle.QSA with TH, OFS, RL, Trans, LN and KSA with SA01 & SA02 clasps officially named to: 1683 Pte. T. Brown Scot Rifles Thomas Brown was a...
View ArticleWho currently owns this medal? - by: Ians1900
I am hoping that I can help a friend in South Africa make contact with the current owner of his Great Grandfather's QSA medal. We are looking for the owner of this medal purchased from Baldwin of...
View ArticleDied at sea - by: BereniceUK
djb wrote: The casualty rolls list 224 men who died at sea. However it is not usually listed in which direction they were travelling. Armed with the date of demise and the shipping records, it would be...
View ArticleSouth African Boer War Medals - by: thomasb
My Grandfather saw action in the Boer War with the Scandinavians from 1899 - 1902 and was issued with a service medal which included his stint at Maggersfontein. It has/was in our family possession...
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14 June 1900 - by: Henk Loots
14 June 1900: Sand River On 13 June the newly-appointed Gen(Rev) Paul Roux with the Senekal Commando, another 200 men of the Ladybrand Commando, Capt John Hassell with his American Scouts, two...
View ArticleGreetings and Salutations researching grandfather CARL OLSSON - by: combatmedic
Hope this finds you all well as can be ? There is a chance that my grandfather , Carl Olsson may have fought on the side of the British and I am wondering IF THIS IS PERHAPS HIM, and how I can obtain...
View ArticleDCM TO CHARLES MCKINLEY - by: Aud
Hello from South Africa Could anyone tell me please under what circumstances Charles McKinley received his DCM. He was with the 1st Btn Manchester Regiment with number 1908. Thanks Audrey Rhino Research
View ArticleRichard. J. Griffiths, Rhodesian Protectorate Regiment - died 24.11.1904 -...
On Wednesday in last week Mr. R. J. Griffiths, eldest son of Mr. R. Griffiths, 59, North-parade, Aberystwyth, and formerly a compositor at the Merthyr Times Office, left Aberystwyth for Cape Colony,...
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Problems posting images to the forum? - by: djb
I have been looking into posting images to the site this morning and it seems to work for me. I did notice last weekend during the upgrade that some images were appeared as a large block of characters....
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Warwickshire Regiments - by: BereniceUK
In St Mary's Church, Warwick. 1st Battalion - Lieutenant Mourilyan 2nd Battalion - Major C. J. Cockburn, Captain H. A. Hankey, Captain A. B. Bennett 5th Battalion - Lieutenant Colonel A. Thursby,...
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QSAs with the clasp Wepener - by: djb
The purpose of this thread is for QSAs with the clasp Wepener. From my research so far, there are some 2,050 Wepener clasps issued Due to the subdsequent movement of troops between units, there are a...
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Cape Colony - by: djb
A clasp inscribed "Cape Colony" will be granted to all troops in Cape Colony at any time between October 11th, 1899, and a date to be hereafter fixed, who received no clasp for an action already...
View ArticleBelmont - by: djb
A clasp inscribed "Belmont" will be granted to all troops under Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen’s command who were north of Witteputs (exclusive), on November 23rd, 1899.
View ArticleWolmarans, Marthinus Johannes. Commandant - by: djb
Served: Potchefstroom. Awarded the DTD (Dekoratie voor Trouwe Dienst) and received the Wound Ribbon (Lint voor Verwonding).
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