Private A. Morris - 2nd Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry - by: Sluggie
Hello, I am wondering if any of you can help me with regard to finding information on my Great Great grandfather. I believe that he served and died of wounds/disease in South Africa during the Boer...
View ArticleWest Yorks, Lake Chrissie - by: leigh1
This is a real long shot! I have a hand-written poem that was amongst my g/g.father's papers entitled "Surprised but found Ready". It is an account of the attack on the camp at Lake Chrissie by the...
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Defence of Ladysmith - by: djb
A clasp inscribed "Defence of Ladysmith" will be granted to all troops in Ladysmith between November 3rd, 1899, and February 28th, 1900, both dates inclusive.
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QSAs named to unusual ranks - by: djb
I came across a rank on a QSA today that I hadn't seen before. This QSA is for sale at the next Bonhams auction and is named to Amb. Agent Tara Chand. Ambulance Est. According to the write-up, Tara...
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Tpr. H. Bridgewater, Bethunes Mtd. Inf. PoW - by: azyeoman
QSA with three clasps: NATAL OFS TRANS officially named to: 109 TPR H BRIDGEWATER BETHUNES MTD INFY WWI BWM & Victory 2 LIEUT H BRIDGEWATER RFA; later he was a lieutenant in the R.A.F. Confirmed...
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 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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QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL FOR GALLANTRY - by: QSAMIKE
Good Morning Everyone While looking through some old copies of the O.M.R.S. Journal for an article for a fellow form member I came across a number of other articles that struck my fancy that I had...
View ArticleRioting in Jersey - by: BereniceUK
RIOTING IN JERSEY. A few nights ago, a Frenchwoman at St. Heliers having thrown water on a crowd of people who were celebrating the relief of Mafeking, the demonstrators freely smashed windows in the...
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2863 Private W. H. Walker, 10th Hussars - died at Bloemfontein, 24.4.1900 -...
In St. Michael's churchyard, Holbrook, Derbyshire. Son of Charlotte Walker, who died in 1903. Private William Henry Walker, her son, of the 10th Royal Hussars. who died at Bloemfontein, 24th April...
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The Indian Contingent - by: David Grant
The Corps of Guides This bronze QSA was my find of last year and it was found locally. The naming is indistinct but "Corps" and "Guides" as well as the prenominal number "35" can be seen with a glass....
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Boer War DSOs - by: djb
There were some 1,160 DSOs awarded for the Boer War. At the time of the Boer War it was given to officers with senior command responsibilities, typically upwards of Major, however it was bestowed upon...
View ArticleJohn William Dubois - by: Maxis
Is there anyone on this platform that can assist me with info regarding my great grandfather John William Dubois he was born in 1881 and did take part in the Anglo Boer War. Thank you
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O'Okiep Medal - by: QSAMIKE
Does anyone have some spare cash laying around that they can spend on themselves for Christmas.... RARE CAPE COPPER CO. MEDAL FOR DEFENCE OF O'OKIEP, BOER WAR RARITY Completed
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Medals to the KOSB - by: djb
This group goes under the hammer on Friday/Saturday at Laidlaw Auctioneers in Carlisle. Not too much information on the group. The online catalogue says: A Victorian campaign medal group comprising...
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'Captain Craig-Brown' - a 6/8 march for the bagpipe - by: BereniceUK
Captain Ernest Craig-Brown served in the ABW, with the (Queen's Own) Cameron Highlanders, and, by the time of his retirement, in 1925, he was commanding the 1st Battalion. Is he the only person to have...
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'Captain Craig-Brown' - a 6/8 march for the bagpipes - by: BereniceUK
Captain Ernest Craig-Brown served in the ABW, with the (Queen's Own) Cameron Highlanders, and, by the time of his retirement, in 1925, he was commanding the 1st Battalion. Is he the only person to have...
View Article'Boer War Te Deum' by Sir Arthur Sullivan - by: BereniceUK
The full title is 'Te Deum Laudamus—A Thanksgiving for Victory.' It was completed in the summer of 1900, shortly before Sullivan's death, but the first public performance wasn't until 8th June 1902....
View ArticleAre these dogtags from the Boer War? - by: Patriciaann
My grandfather, A.E. Stoneham, did fight in the Boer War and I believe the attached show what were his dog-tags? They are a stiff cardboard. Any ideas? Thank you for any help. Pat Mercer
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Crompton, REB - from Crimea to Boer War - by: djb
Crompton, Rookes Evelyn Bell (1845-1940), engineer, was born at Sion Hill, near Thirsk, 31 May 1845, the fourth son and youngest child of Joshua Samuel Crompton, by his first wife, Mary, daughter of...
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