The naming on a QSA consist of impressed and engraved styles.
Impressed are stamped by a machine whereas engraved are named by hand.
As a general rule, QSAs to officers and the cavalry are named in engraved
style and QSA to NCOs and men are impressed. This is not a hard and
fast rule as some QSAs to colonial officer are names in impressed style.
Here are some examples. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge.
Engraved - Ranks
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Captain |
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Lieutenant |
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Engraved - Units
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5th Lancers |
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6th Dragoons |
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19th Hussars |
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Kitchener's Fighting Scouts |
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Middlesex Regiment |
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Royal Army Medical Corps |
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Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
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Engraved - Ships
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HMS Barrosa |
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Impressed - Ranks
Impressed - Units
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5th Dragoons Guards |
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21st Battery RFA |
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42nd Battery RFA |
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Bedford Regiment |
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Bethune's Mounted Infantry |
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Cape Mounted Rifles |
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C in C's Body Guard |
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Devon Regiment |
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Diamond Fields Artillery |
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Driscoll's Scouts |
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Durban Road TG |
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Gordon Highlanders |
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Imperial Light Horse |
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Imperial Yeomanry |
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Indian Staff Corps |
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Kaffrarian Rifles |
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Kimberley Light Horse |
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Kimberley Town Guard |
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Kimberley Volunteer Regt |
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Kitchener's Horse |
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Natal Carbineers |
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Manchester Regiment |
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Natal Field Artillery |
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Natal Mounted Rifles |
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Natal Police |
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Post Office Corps |
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Provisional Transvaal Constab |
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Royal West Surrey Regiment |
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Scottish Cyclist Corps |
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Steinaecker's Horse |
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Telegraph Btn RE |
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Willowmore Rifle Club |
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QSAs are also found with corrections, later style naming and renamed and
with unofficial naming.
