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Can anyone tell me whose name is on this POW art from Bermuda: ? ? Schutte?
thanks
Rob

EJ Schutte/DJ Schutte - definitely Schutte

I collect Gouvernement's Noten issued by the ZAR during the war and am especially interested in those that have handwritten messages on the reverse. These texts can relate to use of the noot in the field (e.g. Voor commando dienst uitgegeven), presentation noten (Treasury General de Villiers handed out dozens of those), text related to a compensation claim and other. Sometimes there is only a name. Can anyone decipher the name (?) written on the back of the attached noot? Frankly this one drives me insane!

Hi EFV,

This one has me puzzled as well; I tried mirroring the image, if written backwards, to see if that helped:

Mirror image:


Original image:

Makes little sense but whaI I see is

Difroda _ _

The first letter could also be 'B"?

32364 Pte Alfred Jackson, 111th Company IY was severely wounded on 24th January 1902:



His service record adds a further dimension to his injuries:



Can anybody suggest which bone in his body was fractured because I have no idea? He was subsequently invalided home.


This one is more a quest for information as I think I have sussed the handwriting.

Alfred Jackson’s wounding was also reported in a Yorkshire paper which tells us he had “spent most of his time on blockhouse guard, having only recently taken the field with Colonel Crabbe’s column”. Thus it seems reasonable to assume his comrade in arms 32397 Pte Charles Maltby was killed on 17th June 1901 whilst manning a blockhouse – the 111th arrived in South Africa in mid-April 1901.

A Casualty List claimed Charles was killed at Klipfontein as does his entry in the Record of Deceased Soldier’s Effects:



Klipfontein appears to lie about 25 miles SE of Johannesburg and was rather remote from any blockhouses that I am aware of.

However, another newspaper (mis)report puts his death in Cape Colony:



His service record agrees with the above (at least I think it does):



Lt Slaughter was invalided home in August 1901 and surprisingly he and Charles Maltby were awarded, along with all the other members of the 111th, all three state clasps to their QSA’s. Charles only spent two months on South African soil so surely must have been on the move most of the time to earn all three state clasps rather than being stuck in a blockhouse.

So was there also a Klipfontein in Cape Colony? Where exactly was Maraisburg in Cape Colony and were there any blockhouses nearby? Does anybody know anything about what the 99th Company IY were up to on 17th June 1901? Any other thoughts would be most welcome.