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IL

Thanks very much. One can never have too much good information!

I've seen quite a few photos of the unit in South Africa and it's frustrating to think that he's probably in there somewhere, but I'll never know. At least not unless some bright spark wrote the names of the men on the back of the photo!

Patrick

Hi Patrick,

With regards to photos, that exactly my thoughts on my medal, very frustrating.

Paul

pjac49 wrote: IL

Thanks very much. One can never have too much good information!

I've seen quite a few photos of the unit in South Africa and it's frustrating to think that he's probably in there somewhere, but I'll never know. At least not unless some bright spark wrote the names of the men on the back of the photo!

Patrick

Hi Paul and others





I append a scan of the QSA I have to No.10 Mountain Bty (Bought in June 1974 from the late Stan Kaplan for R16-50)

O'Lochlen as well as Davenport went "in the bag" and was released at Waterval on 6 June 1900

Henk

Hi Everybody

The South African
Military History Society
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Die Suid-Afrikaanse Krygshistoriese Vereniging


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Military History Journal
Vol 14 No 4 - December 2008
NO 10 MOUNTAIN BATTERY, ROYAL ARTILLERY,
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1889-1899
Part One: Organisation and Services
by Ian James Cross, Pietermaritzburg
The writer is a lawyer by profession (BL(Hons)LLB), but is now retired, having served as Legal Adviser and later Town Clerk of the City of Pietermaritzburg and previously as a senior magistrate in Matabeleland, Zimbabwe. Part One of this article describes the organisation of No 10 Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery, the first and, until 1899, the only permanently established mountain battery of the Royal Artillery to serve in South Africa, and reviews the first ten years of its service. Part Two, which follows in Military History Journal, Vol 14 No 5, June 2009, describes the battery's ordnance, equipment and uniforms. Sources for both parts will appear at the end of Part Two.



The abovementioned 2 articles are worth downloading

Henk

Henk
Thanks for the SAMHS info. I thought I had a bit of a handle on the MBs; but the two MB articles by Ian James Cross are really impressive and show how wrong I was!
Regards
IL.

Hello Henk,

Thank you for adding this, it's strange to think the two men possibly knew each other.

Cheers
Paul

OSAKSA wrote: Hi Paul and others

I append a scan of the QSA I have to No.10 Mountain Bty (Bought in June 1974 from the late Stan Kaplan for R16-50)

O'Lochlen as well as Davenport went "in the bag" and was released at Waterval on 6 June 1900

Henk