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QSA (4) Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3422 Pte. T. Peak. Scot: Rifles.);
[ KSA (2) ]

Thomas Peak, a Costermonger from Clerkenwell, Middlesex, was born around 1873. He attested into the Scottish Rifles on 18 August 1890 and served at Home and in India. After a spell in prison for drunkenness on duty, he saw later service in South Africa during the Boer War with the 2nd Battalion from 23 October 1899 to 2 July 1902 before being discharged the following month.

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QSA (4) Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, last clasp a tailor’s copy (Capt. C. J. Lynch. Sco. Rif.) engraved naming;
British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. C. J. Lynch.);
Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued

Charles Joseph Lynch was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) on 6 February 1896 and was advanced Captain on 8 November 1899. He served with the 4th Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 1899 to 1901, including operations in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 November 1900, including the actions at Lindley (1 and 26 June), Bethlehem (6 and 7 July), and Wittebergen (1 to 29 July).

Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 19 October 1912, he saw further service during the Great War, with both the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the Cameronians, on the Western Front from 4 December 1916, and was promoted Brevet Colonel on 3 June 1918.

A keen sportsman, he was Master of the South Union Hunt, one of Ireland’s oldest hunts.

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QSA (4) Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (3656 Pte. J, Newton, Scot: Rifles);
KSA (2) (3656 Bglr: J. Newton. Scot: Rifles.)

John Newton was born at Uxbridge, Middlesex in 1870 and attested on 1 December 1890. He saw seven years of service in India prior to the Anglo-Boer War, arriving in South Africa on 23 October 1899 and serving until August 1902. Returning to Britain Newton saw three more months of service and was discharged in November 1902.