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QSA with a Tibet Medal - by: djb
A rarely seen combination. Picture courtesy of Liverpool Medals QSA (4) CC OFS Tr SA02 (8385 Pte. F. Herbert. Rl: Fus. M.I.) Tibet (1) Gyantse (8385 Pte F. Herbert, 1st Bn. Royl Fusrs.) An interesting...
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Medals to Q Battery RHA - by: djb
‘It is scarcely neccessary for me to allude at any length to the work done by ‘Q’ Battery during the present war. You are not likely to forget the Sannah’s Post affair, when the little force to which...
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Medals to the Royal Irish Regiment - by: djb
Picture courtesy of DNW DSO GV; MVO 5th Class, Nr 44 IGS 1895 (2) Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897 (2d. Lieut. T. C. Fitzhugh 2d. Bn. Ryl. Ir: Regt.); QSA (2) CC Witt (Lieut: T. C. Fitz-Hugh. Rl:...
View ArticleIntro - by: Tanton1993
Hi all, I am an amateur historic researcher with an interest for British society and how it was influenced by warfare from 1899 to the beginning of the national service period. Recently I undertook...
View ArticleGeorge E Croysdale, Imperial Light Horse - killed in a train accident...
On Thursday evening, 22nd October 1903, around eight o'clock, an express train, travelling from Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax to Manchester and Liverpool, ran into a stationary tank engine, standing...
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Medals to HMS Monarch - by: djb
The medals to the commander of HMS Monarch during the Boer War Picture courtesy of DNW QSA (4) CC Paard Drie Joh (Com: S. V. Y. De Horsey, R.N, H:M:S: Monarch) impressed naming, official correction to...
View ArticleBritannia Fair March 17th 2019 - by: ianbrentnall
Will anyone else be going to the Fair - maybe meet up for a coffee and chat?
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"Upside Down" naming on the QSA - by: LinneyI
Interested forum members In responding to a post regarding to a Distinguished Conduct medal group, DJB commented that "upside down" naming on the QSA was something of a rarity. Which rang a bell...
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Dunoon Tribute Medal....... - by: QSAMIKE
Here is a new one that I have never heard of before..... Mike Rare 15ct Gold Boer War Scottish Tribute Medal. Alex Melville, Dunoon Volunteer. Completed
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De Bloe of the Bedford D.M.T. and 9th S.A.H. - by: Rory
Joseph John De Bloe Farrier Corporal, Bedford District Mounted Troops Trooper, Gorringe's Flying Column – Anglo Boer War Private, 9th South African Horse – WWI - Queens South Africa Medal to Far: Cpl....
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Uitenhage and Montagu TGs - pics from Creswicke Vol. VII - by: LinneyI
Interested Forum members More from Vol VII. Regards IL.
View Article3059, Pte henry Wakeley, Wiltshire Regiment - by: grahamila
I know this man was taken prisoner at Rensburg on 14 February 1900 and was released on an unknown date. Does anyone have any further information on this man?
View Article5332, Pte E Watkins, Wiltshire Regiment - by: grahamila
I am researching this man who was wounded at Bethlehem on 7 July 1900 and died of his wounds on 16 July 1900. I have found the notification of the wounding in the Times but cannot find the notification...
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The Ernest Wrightson Memorial Medal - by: BereniceUK
Corporal Ernest C. Wrightson, of the Eastern Province Horse, died on 8th August 1900, from wounds received in action in May. He was a Old Boy of King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford, and the...
View Articlei am trying to find information about my great grandfather william barrell -...
hello. im am looking for any information about my great grandfather wiliam barrell from dorstone herefordshire who took part in both boer wars and also ww1.his no was 88332 royal field artillery. he...
View ArticleWilliam Bernard Edward Murphy - by: gavinpeterson
My name is Gavin Peterson and have been researching my ancestors for my Family Tree and have come across the story of William Murphy which I found very interesting. William married my maternal great...
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Gert Vorster of the Albert Burghers - by: Rory
Gert Jacobus Vorster Private, Albert Burghers – Ninth Frontier War (Pokwane) - South African General Service Medal with clasp 1877 – 8 to Pte. G. Vorster, Albert Burgs. Gert Vorster was born in...
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Guy's Hospital, Southwark, London - by: BereniceUK
Thomas Jones 18.6.1900 Quinten Reid Veitch 2.2.1902 Charles Pope Walker 5.1.1900 Frederick Murray Russell 29.11.1900 Hugh Arnold Bryant 7.6.1900 Francis Wellford 1.6.1901 Stanley Whicher 27.4.1900...
View ArticleMurray Shaw - by: djb
I was saddened to read in the latest Medal News of the passing of Murray Shaw. For many years I used to chat with Murray at his table where his medals were always mounted on card and displayed...
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STRETCHER SECTION COMPETITION CUP - by: QSAMIKE
Good Morning Everyone...… Just spent three very tiring days at a Gun and Military Show here in Calgary...… Very disappointed with the number (only 2 QSA;s) and quality, (One was renamed) of the medals...
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