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Sunday, 31 December 2023

The Gurkhas and the War

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The Second Anglo-Boer War involved every arm of the British Army except one: the Gurkhas.  Gurkha regiments were first raised as part of the...
Sunday, 26 November 2023

New Zealand Mounted Rifles in numbers

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 In 1992 Richard Stowers, chronicler of the 1st Contingent New Zealand Mounted Rifles (NZMR), wrote: "There is no accurate figure for t...
Thursday, 26 October 2023

Where exactly did that battle take place?

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The war was fought across much of South Africa's 1.2 million square kilometres - a huge area, twice the size of France. Much of the figh...
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Monday, 4 September 2023

Uncovering a sleeper: The man who started a scandal

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I was recently asked by a client to research a Queen's South Africa medal named "H.W. Penn" Imperial Military Railways (IMR). ...
Sunday, 20 August 2023

The Queen's Mediterranean Medal

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The Queen's Mediterranean Medal was approved by King Edward VII (Army Order 32 1902) to recognise the service of militia battalions sen...
Thursday, 1 June 2023

The King's South Africa medal, it's clasps and issue regulations

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  Queen Victoria died in January 1901 while the war raged on. Her son and successor, King Edward the VII, decided he wanted to award a camp...

The Queen's South Africa medal, it's clasps and issue regulations

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The issue of the QSA can be complex. Each unit created a nominal roll and entered the clasp entitlement. This was sent to the War Office f...