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Purely by chance (and certainly not by design) it happened that I acquired 2 QSA's to the Port Elizabeth Town Guard (both in different places and at different times) to two chaps who not only have very low numbers but are also only 1 apart in sequence with only a chap whose medal was returned to separate them from one another.

An added bonus to medal collecting is - if one allows one's mind to ponder on such weighty matters - the thought that 2 or more of your recipients may have known each other - indeed been in the recruiting queue behind one another.

The two gentlemen in question in my example are:

- 6 Pte. Ewan Billson and
- 8 Pte. Arthur Bright

Both as you can see below, from the Cyclist Section of the 1st Battalion. Now to marry these two (and others I have) to the photographs IL has so kindly displayed of late.



Regards

Rory

Remarkable, Rory! Your new home town may yet prove to be medal heaven for you!
Regards
Brett