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• Annandale: 34 Private Stephanus Annandale  [51 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Annandale, Stephanus, son of 1820 Settler George Annandale. For his service in the Cyphergat (Syfergat) Town Guard during the 2nd Anglo-Boer War, 34 Private S Annandale was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal: no bar. Genealogy.
• Atkin: Trooper Robert George Aubrey ("Aubrey") Atkin  [242 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Atkin, Robert George Aubrey, joined the Pretoria Regiment (Princess Alice's Own) in 1940. Military awards.
• Atkinson: Cecil William Ferguson Atkinson  [177 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Atkinson, Cecil William Ferguson Atkinson, acting-magistrate in Koffiefontein and magistrate in Boksburg; presented the Royal Humane Society medal by the Governor of the Orange River Colony, Sir Hamilton Gould-Adams.
• Barber: Dr Alfred Barber  [45 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Barber, Alfred, surgeon. His tragedy. Awarded the Queen’s South Africa: bar Defense of Ladysmith.
• Barclay: 907 Trooper A. Barclay  [17 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Barclay, A of Imperial Light Horse, was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with battle clasps Relief of Mafeking (17 May 1900) and Relief of Ladysmith (28 February 1900), and state clasp Transvaal.
• Beytell: Burger Johannes Frederik Beytell  [94 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Beytell, Johannes Frederik, burger, a member of Kruger’s Johannesburg Ryende Politie (ZARP), captured in Johannesburg, transported to the Diyatalawa Concentration Camp, Ceylon and later awarded the Anglo-Boere Oorlog Medal.
• Boonzaier: Willem Coert Boonzaier  [95 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Boonzaier, Willem Coert. 208 Gnr. W C Boonzaier . Awarded the Queen South Africa medal, state clasp Cape Colony and King South Africa medal, date clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902.
• Bostock: Dr Arthur Hastings Bostock  [280 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Bostock, Arthur Hastings, surgeon. Queen’s South Africa one bar: Natal.
• Boys' Brigade  [34 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Boys' Brigade, an unknown medal dated 1905 and awarded in recognition of an individual boy's efficiency or achievement.
• Burger Jacobus Petrus Cornelis Gildenhuys, Winburg Commando  [60 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Gildenhuys, Jacobus Petrus Cornelis, burger, of the Winburg Commando, awarded the Anglo Boere Oorlog Medalje. Family history.
• Campbell: 2621 Private Arthur Edward Campbell  [12 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Campbell, AE, of “A” Squadron, Cape Mounted Rifles, King Williams Town, was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal with battle clasps Wepener and Wittebergen; and state clasps Cape Colony and Transvaal.
• Carter: 12283 Private M.W. Carter  [19 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Carter, MW of the Royal Army Medical Corps, was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with battle clasp Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein and state clasp Transvaal; and the King's South Africa Medal : clasps 1901 & 1902; 1914 Star and bar, British War Medal, Victory Medal (Mention in Despatches), Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Military)(GVR, France Epidemies Medal and Medaille des Epidemies (en Argent).
• Cashman: Lieutenant-Commander Patrick Cashman R.N.  [79 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Cashman, Patrick, Lieutenant-Commander, present at Siege of Ladysmith off HMS Philomel and fought in World War I off HMS Russell, with details of his family tree and military awards.
• Collins: 4 PTE H Collins, St Helena Volunteer Sharpshooters  [200 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Collins, H of the Army Service Corps and attached to the St Helena Volunteer Sharpshooters. Queen South Africa medal without bar is the only known example extant from this group.
• Connolly: John Beresford Connolly  [99 KB] [29/12/2009]
  Connolly, John Beresford, born in the East Indies, served in the Army Hospital Corps and later Royal Army Medical Corps. He was awarded the Egypt Medal 1882-89 bar: Suakin 1885; the Queen South Africa medal; the Kings South Africa medal; LSGC Medal (Vict.) 2nd type; Khedive Star 1884-6.
• Cornell: Sister Bertha Mary Cornell  [4489 KB] [13/12/2008]
  A biography relating her origins in Saffron Walden, Essex, her joining the Princess Christian's Army Nursing Services Reserve and later the Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve, seeing service in the Second Anglo-Boer War and World War 1, to her final home in East London, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
• Cowx: Civilian Veterinary Surgeon Joseph Braithwaite Cowx V.D.  [53 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Cowx, Joseph Braithwaite, civilian veterinary surgeon, was awarded the Queen South Africa medal (with ghost dates) and 1901 bar, together with the 1914 Star with bar (5 August – 22 November 1914), a rare combination.
• Dougherty: Bearer RH Dougherty  [9 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Dougherty, RH, bearer in the Natal Voluntary Ambulance Corps, was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with battle clasps Tugela Heights and Relief of Ladysmith.
• Douglas: 2334 Corporal W. Douglas  [45 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Douglas, W of the Army Hospital Corps, was awarded the South Africa Medal 1877-1879 (bar 1879).
• Evans: John Emrys Evans  [384 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Evans, JE awarded the Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George Queen South Africa Medal (no bar) and 1910 Union of South Africa Medal. Biographical and genealogical details are presented. Family Tree included.
• Fry: Miss E Fry  [155 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Fry, E, Miss. Nurse. Queen’s South Africa medal without bar.
• Gemmell: Elsie Marion Gemmell (née Booker)  [271 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Gemmel, Elsie Marion (née Booker). Nurse> Present at Siege of Mafeking. Queen’s South Africa Medal, no bar.
• Hall: Sir John Hall  [67 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Hall, Sir John, Deputy-Inspector General of Army and Ordnance Medical Departments 1846. For his service at Waterloo, in the Crimea, during the South African Frontier Wars and to the nation, he was awarded the Legion of Honour (3rd Class), the South Africa Medal 1854 and the Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of Bath (KCB) 1857. Notes of Drs. James Barry and Thomas Alexander; Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole, Frances Magdalen Taylor, Betsy Cadwaladyr aka. Elizabeth Davis.
• Harding: Dr Alfred William Harding  [37 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Harding, Alfred William, surgeon, born London 1847, served in the Anglo-Boer War and received the Queen’s South Africa medal with 4 bars.
• Hemming: H. Hemming  [164 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Hemming, H, awarded the Queens South Africa Medal, (Steam Road Traction), on which system Lord F M Roberts commented in a 1901 London Gazette.
• Hennesey: Private F W Hennesy  [38 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Hennesy, FW, of the Cape Medical Staff Corps was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with state clasps of the Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal.
• Hunt: 2792 Private James Hunt  [21 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Hunt, James, awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal (1899-1902) with state clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal; and date clasps South Africa 1901; and a Royal Humane Society Testimonial on Vellum.
• Hunter: 1035 Tpr E.H. Hunter  [63 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Hunter, EH of the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles, Imperial Military Railways, Army Intelligence Department and Adjutant General’s Base was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal (state bars Rhodesia and Transvaal), King’s South Africa Medal (date bars SA’01, SA’02), British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal 1914-1919 (Bilingual).
• Hutt: Charles Herbert Hutt  [46 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Hutt, CH, the Reverend, was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal (no bar) for service to the Press Censor Department.
• Ineson, John: "Paper Currency of the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902", a book review of  [22 KB] [14/12/2008]
  
• Jones: Albert Herbert Jones  [474 KB] [29/12/2009]
  
• Keet: Burger Jacobus Petrus de Wet Keet  [36 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Keet, Jacobus Petrus De Wet of Onder Schoonspruit Commando in the Transvaal, awarded the Anglo Boere Oorlog Medalje. Family history.
• Kimberley Medal  [68 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Kimberley Medal, a scarce medal dating from the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902).
• Lamprey: Dr Jones Lamprey  [54 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Lamprey, Jones, army surgeon, born 1824 Dublin, Ireland, served in the British Army becoming Surgeon General in 1883, and being awarded the China (1860) medal.
• Lockeridge: 3114 Private J. Lockeridge  [9 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Lockeridge, J, of the 1st Battalion of the Manchester Regiment, was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with battle clasps Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith and Belfast.
• Lockyer: Dr. Gerard Edward Lockyer  [48 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Lockyer, GE, civilian surgeon, was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with state bar Transvaal, battle clasp Laing’s Nek and date bar SA'01.
• Lynch: Dr James Joseph Lynch  [12 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Lynch, James Joseph, medical practitioner, and civilian surgeon during the Anglo-Boer War, First and Second World Wars. Recipient of the Military Cross.
• Mafeking "Good Fors" and 1d. Revenue Surcharge  [150 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Mafeking "Good Fors" and the 1d. Revenue Surcharge: an exploration of the topic for a philatelic readership.
• Mafeking, David Taylor and a Tribute Medallion  [74 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Taylor, David, photographer of the Siege of Mafeking and his Tribute Medallion from the Indian Defenders Fort No. 1, Mafeking.
• Marais: Veldkornet Daniel Petrus Marais  [68 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Marais, Daniel Petrus, Second Veldkornet, of the Pretoria Commando, awarded the Dekoratie vir Trouwe Dienst (D.T.D.) with the Lint Voor Verwonding Opgedaan Gedurende de Anglo-Boeroolog (L.V.V.) and Anglo Boere Oorlog Medalje for service during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Family tree.
• Martin: 3114 Private Herbert Martin  [41 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Martin, Herbert, awarded India General Service Medal 1895-1902 with bar Relief of Chitral 1895; the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with battle clasps Talana; Defence of Ladysmith; Laing's Nek; and state clasp Transvaal; and The King's South Africa Medal with clasps 1901 & 1902.
• Maynard: Major J G Maynard  [10 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Maynard, JG, Major, of the Bethune's Mounted Infantry, was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with battle clasps Tugela Heights, Relief Ladysmith, and Laing's Nek and state clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal; and the King's South Africa Medal with date clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902.
• Murray: J.H. Murray, Boy Scout  [10 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Murray, J, 'Sixer', of the 252nd Liverpool Group, was awarded the Boy Scouts 'Gilt' Gallantry Cross for rescuing a boy from drowning in a pond at Irby Hall, Irby, Lancashire. The award was instituted in 1909 and is rarely bestowed.
• Nelson: Private F. Nelson  [48 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Nelson, F, of the Natal Medical Corps, was awarded the Natal 1906 Medal (bar 1906).
• Pearce: Abraham Pearce  [307 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Pearce, A, army scripture reader, was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal (bars Cape Colony, Orange Free State).
• Penery: 14743 Private E. L. Penery  [19 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Penery, EL, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with a state clasp for the Cape Colony and date clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902.
• Pepper: Nursing Sister M Pepper  [10 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Pepper, M, nursing sister, her service during Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) and World War I, and military awards.
• Royeppen: Leader Manikum Royeppen  [246 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Royeppen, Leader Manikum, Indian Ambulance Corp, Second Anglo-Boer War; Queen’s South Africa Medal; history of Indian Ambulance Corp with review of documents and literature; friend of Mahatma Ghandi. Genealogy of Royeppen.
• Russell: 1856 Orderly Charles Orton Russell  [139 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Russell, Charles Orton, orderly in Imperial Yeomanry Hospitals, Anglo-Boer War; St. John’s Ambulance Brigade Bradford Corps; Queen’s South Africa medal, St. John's Medal for South Africa; Genealogy of Russell.
• Russell: Orderly A.E. Russell  [9 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Russell, AE, orderly of the Imperial Hospital Corps, was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with state clasp Natal.
• Ryden: Lance Bombardier Lionel George Henry Ryden  [240 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Ryden, Lionel George Henry, lance bombardier, his Boy's Scout Association Silver Gallantry Cross and posthumous military awards following Operation “Market Garden” at Arnhem, 17-30 September, 1944.
• S.S. Maine medallions  [260 KB] [29/12/2009]
  S.S. Maine Medallion, Bernard Nadel Baker of Baltimore, Lady Randolph Churchill, Mrs. Cornelia Wadsworth Adair, Mrs. A.A. Blow, Mrs. Mary Francis ("Fanny") Ronalds.
• Sieger: Dr Albert Sophron Sieger  [36 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Sieger, Albert Sophron, a medical practitioner, served in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal. Family Tree included.
• Sisam: Civilian Surgeon Dr William Sisam  [28 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Sisam, William Sisam, civilian surgeon, his Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) service, numismatic recognition and later public health career.
• Smith: Dr James Alexander Jones Smith  [53 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Smith, James Alexander Jones, surgeon major, LRCP and FRCS, was awarded the Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal (1880 – 1897), bar : Basutoland. Family Tree included.
• Thomson: Orderly J. Thomson  [31 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Thomson, J, orderly in the Scottish Hospital, was awarded the Queens South Africa Medal (state bars Cape Colony and Orange Free State).
• Victor: 145 Tpr Theunis Gert Victor  [54 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Victor , Theunis Gert, of the Naauwpoort District Mounted Troops (D.M.T.) awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal for his services during the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. A brief description of Naauwpoort / Noupoort. Family Tree included.
• Webb: 340080 Chandlery Writer E.A. Webb  [41 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Webb, EA, chandlery writer in Royal Navy, was first of HMS Sybille and later of HMS Minotaur. He was awarded the Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 without bar; the British War Medal 1914-1920; and the Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (George V) (early swivelling).
• Welsh: Thomas Edward Welsh  [41 KB] [18/12/2008]
  
• Winson: 4788 Pte W Winson  [37 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Winson, W of the West Yorkshire Regiment, was awarded the Mediterranean Medal 1899-1902.
• Winton: 588 Corpl. William Charles Winton, Army Pay Corps  [39 KB] [13/12/2008]
  Queens South Africa medal bar Cape Colony
• Wisking: William Wisking and the Irish Hospital  [168 KB] [14/12/2008]
  Wisking, William, Irish Hospital, Queen’s South Africa Medal, Second Anglo-Boer War. Genealogy of Wisking.