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From the Kaffrarian Volunteer Arty. to the P.E. Town Guard - John Timmer -...
John Timmer Sergeant, Kaffrarian Volunteer Artillery - Basuto Gun Wars Lieutenant, Port Elizabeth Town Guard – Anglo Boer War - Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal with clasp Basutoland to Sgt. J....
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Medals to the RA - by: djb
Picture courtesy of Spink NW Canada (1) Saskatchewan (Lieut. Strange. R.A. Staff. A.F.F.), engraved naming; QSA (3) CC OFS Tr (Capt: H. B. Strange. R.A.); KSA (2) (Maj. H.B. Strange, R.G.A.) Harry...
View ArticleNatal Rebellion Medal Roll - by: Blackblue
Hello, I am trying to determine if a specific man who served in the Natal Rebellion received the Natal Rebellion Medal. I haven't been able to locate his name in the online Medal Roll available, but...
View Article35171 Tpr. S. White, 74th Coy. Imp. Yeo - by: Shuttleworth
Hello all, I'm searching for my great-great-grandfather's QSA. His name was Samuel White, service number 35171, and served in 74th (Dublin) Company, 8th Battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry. His medal...
View ArticlePretoria Hospital - by: nemesis
Does anyone know if there are casualty lists for soldiers treated for injuries in Pretoria.? Thanks
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DSOs for the BSACM campaigns - by: djb
Picture courtesy of DNW CB gold HM 1879 CMG b/b CBE (!st type) DSO VR BSCAM for Rhodesia 1896 (Captn. J. S. Nicholson. 7th Huss.); QSA (4) RoM OFS Tr Rhod (Colonel J. S. Nicholson, C.B. D.S.O....
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Duberley at the Van Staden's Waterworks - by: Rory
Quite some time ago I posted the group to this chap's son who perished in France 3 weeks before the cessation of hostilities in WWI - he had (fortunately) not lived to see that sad day but, in 1900 he...
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Major C. W. M. Fielden, D.S.O., Royal Scots Greys - mortally wounded,...
In St Mark's Church, Witton, Blackburn. The church closed, has been on the market, and a sale is currently going through, with future conversion to a residence. My thanks to the Blackburn office of Lea...
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Medals to HMS Redbreast - by: djb
Picture courtesy of Spink QSA (0) (189088 W. T. Hicks. A.B., H.M.S. Redbreast); Naval LS&GC GV (189088 W. T. Hicks, P.O. H.M.S. Caesar.); Naval Good Shooting Medal, Ed VII (189088 W. Hicks, P.O....
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A Surgeon - literally stoned to death - Walter Galbraith Wight - by: Rory
Walter Galbraith Wight Civil Surgeon, Natal Volunteer Medical Corps Surgeon, 16th Stationary Hospital, Elandsfontein - Royal Army Medical Corps - Anglo Boer War - Queens South Africa Medal with clasps...
View ArticleSykes - by: Hadassah57
Good evening I want to find out if my grandfather John William Sykes was born in the concentration camp at Norvalspont on 31 January 1898. I am also asking if any children with the surname Sykes died...
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Medals to the Devonshire Regiment - by: djb
Picture courtesy of DNW DSO GV and bar; QSA (6) CC TH OFS RoL Tr LN (Lieut. H. I. Storey. Devon. Rgt.); KSA (2) (Lieut. H. I. Storey. Devon Rgt.) official correction to second initial; 1914-15 Star...
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Medals to the Bedford Regiment - by: djb
Picture courtesy of Spink QSA (3) CC OFS Tr (2d. Lieut. F. H. Barton, Bedford. Regt.); KSA (2) (Lt. F. H. Barton. Bedford. Rgt.); 1914 Star (Capt: F. H. Barton. 2/2 Gurkha Rif.); BWM and VM (Capt. F....
View Article1941 Tpr T J Hetherington Scott’s Railway Guards - by: Fiftiesfury
I was wondering if anyone here could decipher this for 1941 Thomas James Hetherington of the Scotts Railway Guards. Any other info would be fantastic.
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Imperial War Museum and the Lord Ashcroft VC collection - by: djb
I was able to visit the IWM yesterday and wander, in some amazement, around the extensive VC and GC collection on the 5th floor. So many acts of bravery that span the history of the award from the...
View ArticleQSAs to civilians - by: djb
An unusual QSA which is probably named to a civilian as the QSA was re-issued in 1930. Pair: Captain A. Robertson, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, who formerly served with British Forces in the South...
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Private John Frederick Seward, 14th Hussars - died at Sterkstroom, 19.4.1900...
Seward or Sewards? There's a mention in the Hull Daily Mail of a Seward playing ping-pong at St. Matthew's, in 1902. I also came across a letter, published on 11.4.1900, written by a soldier, who was...
View ArticleKaplan Auctions - by: djb
Michael Kaplan has released the details for auction 63, on 15 May 13. There is a very good selection of single QSAs listed: P036 Disk only converted into a brooch pin to Pte A.W. DURHEIM Green River...
View ArticleDCMs for the First Boer War - by: djb
According to Abbott, there were 20 awards of the DCM for the First Boer War: Bradley, 673 Sgt J T, 2nd Connaught Rangers Bridgstock, 317 Sgt, 2nd Northampton Regiment Bush, 2418 Pte H, 2nd RSF Cunnief,...
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Medals to the Imperial Yeomanry - by: djb
Pictures courtesy of Liverpool Medals QSA (4) CC Rhod OFS Tr (Lt Sir. A. Armstrong. Bt. 61. Co. 17/Imp. Yeo.) Sir Andrew Harvey Armstrong was born on 23rd May 1866, the son of Reverend Sir Edmund...
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