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Hi everyone,
I am trying to do some research on my partners family and they don’t have much information on Pte Francis Chubb. They know he was killed on 13th October 1900 but that’s about it. If anyone could help with more information and if he was awarded any medals that would be great.

Dupres
My useful "Cavalry" CD tells us that "4413 Pte. F. Chubb of 8H was Killed n Action at Geluk, 13/10/1900. His NoK would have been sent his QSA medal bearing the clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Belfast. 8H suffered quite a few casualties at Geluk on that day. If you access the main menu Unit Information (at left), and trawl through to 8th Hussars, you should see an account of the action where your distant relative was Killed. It was a very creditable action; 8H was hard pressed by a determined enamy but "held on well". From Stirling's Our Regiments in South Africa.
Regards
IL.

Dupres
I had to have a look in Stirling for another matter - so here is the entry for 8H


Regards
IL.