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A list of the CIV QSAs available at DNW:

Anderson (1152 Pte. G. G. Anderson, C.I.V.) Lot: 528
Appleford (1131 Pte. J. C. Appleford, C.I.V.) Lot: 526
Archer (1513 Gnr: B. D. W. Archer, C.I.V.) Lot: 405
Argent (820. Cpl. H. T. Argent, C.I.V.) Lot: 641
Austen (9 Sgt. E. E. Austen, C.I.V.) Lot: 564
Austin (11 Cpl. F. C. Austin, C.I.V.) Lot: 565
Bailey (1363 Pte. F. H. Bailey, C.I.V.) Lot: 426
Bailey (553 Pte. J. T. Bailey, C.I.V.) Lot: 600
Baragwanath (634 Pte. T. P. Baragwanath, C.I.V.) Lot: 444
Barnett (419 Pte. H. Barnett, C.I.V.) Lot: 595
Barrett (336 Pte. J. Barrett, C.I.V.) Lot: 531
Barrett (221 Pte. T. C. Barrett., C.I.V.) Lot: 558
Bartlett (469 Pte. S. Bartlett, C.I.V.) Lot: 496
Bate (930 Pte. F. Bate, C.I.V.) Lot: 451
Bayley (365 Pte T. D. Bayley, C.I.V.) Lot: 487
Beardwell (1349 Pte. E. L. Beardwell, C.I.V.) Lot: 432
Beart (D47 Pte. F. C. W. Beart, C.I.V.) Lot: 455
Belcher (510 Pte. E. Belcher, C.I.V.) Lot: 616
Blacklin (1332 Drvr: H. Blacklin, C.I.V.) Lot: 407
Bodger (916 Cpl. W. A. Bodger, C.I.V.) Lot: 437
Bolton (600 Pte. T. Bolton, C.I.V.) Lot: 445
Bowden (1450 Pte. H. J. Bowden, C.I.V.) Lot: 612
Bowling (538 Cpl. T. Bowling, C.I.V.) Lot: 624
Bragg (806 Pte. A. R. Bragg, C.I.V.) Lot: 644
Brodie (236 Cpl. D. G. Brodie, C.I.V.) Lot: 557
Brown (788 Pte. F. Brown, C.I.V.) Lot: 631
Brown (781 Pte. C. E. Brown, C.I.V.) Lot: 629
Brymer (566 Pte. C. J. Brymer, C.I.V.) Lot: 408
Buckle (914 Cpl. H. W. Buckle, C.I.V.) Lot: 633
Byng (1438 Pte. R. H. Byng, C.I.V.) Lot: 571
Cadell (1523 T. Cadell, C.I.V.) Lot: 656
Carr (Lieut. R. Carr, C.I.V.) Lot: 522
Carter (743 Pte. F. Carter, C.I.V.) Lot: 467
Cates (549 Pte. A. J. Cates, C.I.V.) Lot: 599
Challen (31 Pte. H. G. Challen, C.I.V.) Lot: 567
Chart (409 Pte. S. Chart, C.I.V.) Lot: 592
Chichester (D117 Pte. L. Chichester, C.I.V.) Lot: 538
Chown (1156 Pte. F. H. Chown, C.I.V.) Lot: 527
Clark (699 Pte. C. H. Clark, C.I.V.) Lot: 427
Clatworthy (1590 Gnr: F. J. Clatworthy, C.I.V.) Lot: 425
Cleave (389 Pte. A. F. Cleave, C.I.V.) Lot: 553
Clippingdale (956 Pte. C. H. Clippingdale, C.I.V.) Lot: 465
Coleman (150 Pte. M. E. Coleman, C.I.V.) Lot: 479
Commander (61 Pte. H. Commander, C.I.V.) Lot: 475
Concanon (Capt. E. G. Concanon, C.I.V.) Lot: 544
Cook (1012 Pte. E. S. Cook, C.I.V.) Lot: 589
Cowtan (235 Sgt. W. F. Cowtan, C.I.V.) Lot: 562
Crawhall (87 Cpl. H. C. Crawhall, C.I.V.) Lot: 541
Crombie (521 C.Sgt. A. E. Crombie, C.I.V.) Lot: 615
Davey (810 Pte. H. Davey, C.I.V.) Lot: 646
David (694 Pte. J. N. David, C.I.V.) Lot: 434
Day (456 Pte. E. C. F. Day, C.I.V.) Lot: 495
Deane (1496 Gnr: A. G. Deane, C.I.V.) Lot: 439
Deane (D27 Pte. T. F. Deane, C.I.V.) Lot: 583
Dobree (1060 Drvr: J. A. Dobree, C.I.V.) Lot: 416
Dorrington (D92 Pte. H. H. Dorrington, C.I.V.) Lot: 604
Duncan (Lieut. J. F. Duncan, C.I.V.) Lot: 403
Dyer (869 Pte. T. Dyer, C.I.V.) Lot: 607
Dyson (1512 Gnr: J. S. Dyson, C.I.V.) Lot: 413
Edwards (970 Pte. P. A. Edwards, C.I.V.) Lot: 463
Edwin (1170 Pte. J. T. Edwin, C.I.V.) Lot: 421
Elliott (489 Pte. F. P. Elliott, C.I.V.) Lot: 435
Emson (239 Pte. H. F. Q. Emson, C.I.V.) Lot: 563
Evans (424 Pte. L. R. Evans, C.I.V.) Lot: 593
Failes (731 Pte. J. H. Failes, C.I.V.) Lot: 468
Farley (1455 Cpl. A. E. Farley, C.I.V.) Lot: 608
Farrell (1208 Pte. S. A. Farrell, C.I.V.) Lot: 497
Fenn (178 Pte. G. Fenn, C.I.V.) Lot: 510
Fisher (185 Pte. G. E. Fisher, C.I.V.) Lot: 511
Fisher (179 Pte. T. Fisher, C.I.V.) Lot: 511
Fisk (1220 Pte. S. M. Fisk, C.I.V.) Lot: 602
Flewer (724 Pte. A. Flewer, C.I.V.) Lot: 472
Fram (992 Pte. J. Fram, C.I.V.) Lot: 579
Frapwell (1506 Cpl. W. C. Frapwell, C.I.V.) Lot: 500
Freeman (292 Pte. P. A. Freeman, C.I.V.) Lot: 492
Gedge (1153 Pte. F. P. Gedge, C.I.V.) Lot: 529
Gibson (D24 Pte. E. G. Gibson, C.I.V.) Lot: 587
Gimsons (358 Pte. S. G. Gimsons, C.I.V.) Lot: 488
Goddard (1024 Pte. R. B. Goddard, C.I.V.) Lot: 584
Godwin (1017 Pte. P. Godwin, C.I.V.) Lot: 580
Gordon (D40 Sgt. S. C. Gordon, C.I.V.) Lot: 462
Gossett (135 Pte. F. Gossett, C.I.V.) Lot: 547
Gray (404 Pte. A. J. Gray, C.I.V.) Lot: 596
Green (853 Pte. A. E. Green, C.I.V.) Lot: 619
Green (1078 Pte. C. Green, C.I.V.) Lot: 636
Green (1183 Pte. D. A. Gree, C.I.V.) Lot: 420
Green (281 Pte. J. Green, C.I.V.) Lot: 493
Grimsdale (1106 Pte. G. C. Grimsdale, C.I.V.) Lot: 519
Haag (729 Pte. O. L. Haag, C.I.V.) Lot: 469
Halford (1304 Dvr: E. S. Halford, C.I.V.) Lot: 404
Hall (689 Pte. H. Hall, C.I.V.) Lot: 433
Hall (1439 Pte. W. J. R. Hall, C.I.V.) Lot: 570
Hammerton (D62 Pte. C. W. Hammerton, C.I.V.) Lot: 521
Hammond (182 Pte. C. E. Hammond, C.I.V.) Lot: 507
Hammond (405 Pte. J. W. Hammond, C.I.V.) Lot: 594
Hanham (1454 Pte. C. R. Hanham, C.I.V.) Lot: 605
Harris (609 Pte. J. W. Harris, C.I.V.) Lot: 625
Hartridge (1007 Pte. A. E. Hartridge, C.I.V.) Lot: 585
Hatton (434 Pte. W. Hatton, C.I.V.) Lot: 543
Haynes (1268 Pte. F. G. Haynes, C.I.V.) Lot: 502
Henneman (9501 Pte. E. G. [sic] Henneman, C.I.V.) Lot:
Hewitt (352 Pte. W. A. L. Hewitt, C.I.V.) Lot: 489
Holland (1488 Pte. M. W. Holland, C.I.V.) Lot: 461
Holt (1264 Sgt. A. M. Holt, C.I.V.) Lot: 628
Hopkins (279 Pte. F. M. Hopkins, C.I.V.) Lot: 491
Horsford (200 Pte. S. G. R. Horsford, C.I.V.) Lot: 506
Houghton (975 Pte. W. E. Houghton, C.I.V.) Lot: 454
Houghton (64 Pte. A. Houghton, C.I.V.) Lot: 473
Hudson (1239 Pte. G. M. Hudson, C.I.V.) Lot: 651
Hunt (564 Pte. S. V. Hunt, C.I.V.) Lot: 410
Hurst (117 Sgt. W. R. Hurst, C.I.V.) Lot: 546
Jawieson (59 Pte. R. Jawieson, C.I.V.) Lot: 476
Jay (852 Pte. A. Jay, C.I.V.) Lot: 621
Johnston (541 Pte. W. G. Johnston, C.I.V.) Lot: 477
Jolliffe (D71 Pte. B. J. Jolliffe, C.I.V.) Lot: 517
Jones (27 Pte. T. Jones, C.I.V.) Lot: 575
Kaye (364 Bugr. A. T. Kaye, C.I.V.) Lot: 482
Kennedy (748 Cpl. F. Kennedy, C.I.V.) Lot: 471
Kerr (38 Pte. G. W. Kerr, C.I.V.) Lot: 572
Key (1293 Pte. D. S. Key, C.I.V.) Lot: 535
Kingsford (938 Sgt. D. P. Kingsford, C.I.V.) Lot: 460
Knight (967 Pte. W. C. Knight, C.I.V.) Lot: 448
Knox (300 Pte. J. T. Knox, C.I.V.) Lot: 530
Lambard (145 Pte. C. Lambard, C.I.V.) Lot: 480
Lambert (979 Bugr. A. T. Lambert, C.I.V.) Lot: 590
Lawrence (237 Pte. L. J. Lawrence, C.I.V.) Lot: 559
Lawrence (171 Pte. T. H. Lawrence, C.I.V.) Lot: 508
Lawson (648 Pte. G. A. Lawson, C.I.V.) Lot: 443
Lawton (213 Pte. L. E. Lawton, C.I.V.) Lot: 556
Ledieu (386 Pte. H. L. Ledieu, C.I.V.) Lot: 554
Lee (739 Pte. G. B. Lee, C.I.V.) Lot: 470
Lewis (1354 Pte. C. Lewis, C.I.V.) Lot: 428
Littlejohn (1476 Pte. E. A. Littlejohn, C.I.V.) Lot: 626
Lloyd (947 Pte. E. H. Lloyd, C.I.V.) Lot: 450
Lloyd (102 Cpl. J. B. Lloyd, C.I.V.) Lot: 540
Longman (1027 Pte. W. R. Longman, C.I.V.) Lot: 581
Lucas (1308 Dr: P. F. Lucas, C.I.V.) Lot: 417
Mackinnon (Maj. Genl. W. H. Mackinnon. C. of L.I.V.) Lot:
March (1073 Pte. J. March, C.I.V.) Lot: 638
Martin (780 Pte. F. T. Martin, C.I.V.) Lot: 630
Mathison (1507 Sgt.: J. Mathison, C.I.V.) Lot: 501
McDonald (487 Pte. H. McDonald, C.I.V.) Lot: 436
Mellor (790 Pte. T. K. Mellor, C.I.V.) Lot: 632
Melsom (D60 Pte. F. A. Melsom, C.I.V.) Lot: 430
Messer (D64 Pte. C. W. Messer, C.I.V.) Lot: 568
Miller (962 Pte. J. A. Miller, C.I.V.) Lot: 449
Millidge (436 Pte. H. W. Millidge, C.I.V.) Lot: 542
Milroy (91 Pte. E. A. W. Milroy, C.I.V.) Lot: 539
Monteith (1558 Pte. B. J. Monteith, C.I.V.) Lot: 655
Moon (1403 Pte. C. F. Moon, C.I.V.) Lot: 483
Moran (346 Pte W. J. D. Moran, C.I.V.) Lot: 485
Moss (175 Pte. W. Moss, C.I.V.) Lot: 504
Murrell (1497 Gnr: W. H. Murrell, C.I.V.) Lot: 441
Newson (1070 Pte. S. C. Newson, C.I.V.) Lot: 639
Nichols (1368 Pte. C. E. Nichols, C.I.V.) Lot: 456
Nightingale (1398 Cpl. E. W. Nightingale, C.I.V.) Lot: 654
Oakley (1598. Qr. Mr. Sjt. P. Oakley, C.I.V.) Lot: 400
Oliver (1113 Sgt. A. A. Oliver, C.I.V.) Lot: 515
Osborn (1062 Cpl. G. W. Osborn, C.I.V.) Lot: 412
Palles (1342 Gnr: W. F. Palles, C.I.V.) Lot: 406
Park (888 Sgt. W. J. Park, C.I.V.) Lot: 603
Parker (695 Pte. W. C. Parker, C.I.V.) Lot: 431
Parsons (42 Pte. W. J. Parsons, C.I.V.) Lot: 569
Pawle (Major A. G. Pawle, C.I.V.) Lot: 555
Payne (1249 Cpl. W. H. Payne, C.I.V.) Lot: 617
Perkins (1317 Drvr: H. M. Perkins, C.I.V.) Lot: 409
Phillips (1472 Pte. C. E. Phillips, C.I.V.) Lot: 464
Phillips (1211 Cpl. L. J. A. Phillips, C.I.V.) Lot: 498
Pickman (1130 F. J. Pickman, C.I.V.) Lot: 533
Pocock (972 G. B. Pocock, C.I.V.) Lot: 458
Potter (937 Pte. C. W. Potter, C.I.V.) Lot: 459
Potter (794 Cpl. E. A. Potter, C.I.V.) Lot: 643
Prince (913. Pte. C. H. Prince, C.I.V.) Lot: 634
Prior (843 Pte. A. H. Prior, C.I.V.) Lot: 649
Pye (927 Pte. S. J. Pye, C.I.V.) Lot: 438
Randall (548 Pt. J. C. Randall, C.I.V.) Lot: 598
Rapson (249 Pte. S. C. Rapson, C.I.V.) Lot: 548
Reading (1108 Pte. J. W. Reading, C.I.V.) Lot: 516
Redmond (229 Pte. C. J. Redmond, C.I.V.) Lot: 561
Reid (Capt. A. Reid, C.I.V.) Lot: 481
Reid (Capt. J. W. Reid, C.I.V.) Lot: 423
Reynolds (1270 Pte. H. L. Reynolds, C.I.V.) Lot: 503
Richardson (D91 Pte. A. F. Richardso, C.I.V.) Lot: 606
Ritchie (355 Pte. R. Ritchie, C.I.V.) Lot: 486
Robinson (1441 Pte. T. T. Robinson, C.I.V.) Lot: 573
Rodgers (44 Pte. J. Rodgers, C.I.V.) Lot: 576
Rogers (D108 Pte. A. H. Rogers, C.I.V.) Lot: 574
Romer (233 Pte. H. Romer, C.I.V.) Lot: 560
Roos (1289 Cpl. C. E. Roos, C.I.V.) Lot: 525
Ryan (Sgn: Capt. E. W. St. V. Ryan, C.I.V.) Lot: 545
Saunders (339 Pte. C. E. Saunders, C.I.V.) Lot: 484
Savage (1489 Dvr: H. Savage, C.I.V.) Lot: 442
Schultz (1594 Gnr: W. A. Schultz, C.I.V.) Lot: 414
Semple (969 Pte. W. A. Semple, C.I.V.) Lot: 466
Sendall (546 Pte. A. P. Sendall, C.I.V.) Lot: 478
Shaw (523 Sgt. W. H. Shaw, C.I.V.) Lot: 623
Simmons (315 Cpl. S. W. Simmons, C.I.V.) Lot: 524
Simpson (942 Pte. H. G. Simpson, C.I.V.) Lot: 457
Sitwell (1276 Pte. W. S. Sitwell, C.I.V.) Lot: 536
Smith (1529 S. Major T. Smith, C.I.V.) Lot: 513
Snelling (1266 Pte. E. Snelling, C.I.V.) Lot: 627
Spicer (1074 Pte. T. D. M. Spicer, C.I.V.) Lot: 637
Stacey (D136 Pte. T. E. Stacey, C.I.V.) Lot: 509
Sterling (551 Pte. S. E. Sterling, C.I.V.) Lot: 601
Strike (D97 Pte. A. V. Strike, C.I.V.) Lot: 609
Suchwell (345 Pte. L. Suchwell, C.I.V.) Lot: 490
Sweetingham (D100 Pte. T. Sweetingham, C.I.V.) Lot: 610
Symes (1330 Gnr: P. J. T. Symes, C.I.V.) Lot: 415
Symons (1487 Pte. A. F. Symons, C.I.V.) Lot: 613
Tasker (395 Pte. E. Tasker, C.I.V.) Lot: 550
Taylor (595 Pnr: Sgt. E. Taylor, C.I.V.) Lot: 446
Taylor (1028 Sgt. P. S. Taylor, C.I.V.) Lot: 402
Thomas (1006 Pte. W. S. Thomas, C.I.V.) Lot: 582
Thompson (246 Pte. E. G. Thompson, C.I.V.) Lot: 549
Thorp (799 Pte. T. W. Thorp, C.I.V.) Lot: 642
Tipper (955 Pte. V. G. Tipper, C.I.V.) Lot: 452
Toynbee (557 Pte. T. H. Toynbee, C.I.V.) Lot: 411
Treasure (D22 Pte. A Treasure, C.I.V.) Lot: 586
Trickey (163 Pte. F. Trickey, C.I.V.) Lot: 505
Tunbridge (1549 C.Sgt. G. C. Tunbridge, C.I.V.) Lot: 622
Turrell (305 Sgt. J. W. Turrell, C.I.V.) Lot: 523
Tyndale (879 Pte. J. Tyndale, C.I.V.) Lot: 611
Valentine (1495 Bomb: F. G. Valentine, C.I.V.) Lot: 440
Vaughan (310 Pte. I. S. Vaughan, C.I.V.) Lot: 534
Wallace (D89 Pte. A. Wallace, C.I.V.) Lot: 588
Warren (1235 Pte. C. J. Warren, C.I.V.) Lot: 652
Waterlow (Capt. J. F. Waterlow, C.I.V.) Lot: 618
Waters (936 Pte. R. W. Waters, C.I.V.) Lot: 453
Webb (63 Pte. W. G. Webb, C.I.V.) Lot: 474
Weston (50 Pte. M. S. Weston, C.I.V.) Lot: 577
Wheeler (1111 Pte. F. W. Wheeler, C.I.V.) Lot: 520
Whitaker (909 Bugr. T. Whitaker, C.I.V.) Lot: 635
White (1347 Pte. E. W. White, C.I.V.) Lot: 429
Wilkinson (D 126 Pte. J. C. Wilkinson, C.I.V.) Lot: 494
Willett (864 Pte. P. A. Willett, C.I.V.) Lot: 620
Williams (1459 Pte. E. J. Williams, C.I.V.) Lot: 551
Williams (508 Pte. B. G. Williams, C.I.V.) Lot: 614
Wilton (555 Pte. L. E. Wilton, C.I.V.) Lot: 418
Windsor (709 Pte. A. H. Windsor, C.I.V.) Lot: 424
Wolton (805 Pte. J. Wolton, C.I.V.) Lot: 647
Wood (1090 Pte. C. Wood, C.I.V.) Lot: 640
Woodford (304 Pte. W. Woodford, C.I.V.) Lot: 532
Wootton (1210 Pte. H. D. Wootton, C.I.V.) Lot: 499
Yeatman (596 Pte. C. Yeatma, C.I.V.) Lot: 447
Young (803 Pte. E. A. Young, C.I.V.) Lot: 645
Young (1127 Pte. G. R. Young, C.I.V.) Lot: 518

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QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (927 Pte. S. J. Pye, CIV);
BWM and VM (820987 B.Q.M. Sjt. S. J. Pye. R.A.);
MSM GV 1st issue (820987 B.Q.M. Sjt. S. J. Pye. R.F.A.);
TFEM EdVII (2 B.Q.M. Sjt: S. J. Pye. 2/E.A. Bde: R.F.A.)

MSM LG 3 June 1919.

Samuel James Pye was born in Bethnal Green, London on 4 August 1876. A clerk by occupation, he joined the 1st Essex Artillery Volunteers on 30 November 1892 and was one of 12 men from that unit to serve with the City Imperial Volunteers in South Africa during the Boer War. Afterwards promoted Battery Quarter Master Sergeant in the 2nd East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, he was awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 7 of 1 January 1909. During the Great War, on 8th May 1915, he re-attested at Stratford for the 3/2nd East Anglian Brigade, R.F.A. and was posted to the 59th Divisional Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery on 23 November 1916. He regained his old rank of Battalion Quarter Master Sergeant on 16 March 1917 and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal.

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QSA (5) Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, Belfast (600 Pte. T. Bolton CIV);
BWM and VM (Capt. T. A. N. Bolton.).

Ttogether with a Hammersmith Boer War Tribute Medal, bronze, the obverse inscribed ‘Hammersmith is grateful and proud of you’ within a wreath surround, the reverse plain, the edge engraved in capital letters ‘Pte. Thos. Arthur Nassau Bolton. CIV’ with bronze brooch pin embossed in silver with the words ‘South Africa’ (ref. Hibbard A.13);
and a Southern Command Sports Medal, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Hockey 1920-21, 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers. Capt. T. A. N. Bolton.’

Thomas Arthur Nassau Bolton was born on 23 October 1880. He joined the 1st Middlesex Royal Engineers Volunteers in 1897 and was employed as a clerk by John Barker & Co. before leaving to serve with No. 2 Mounted Infantry Company, City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the York and Lancaster Regiment on 24 July 1901, was promoted Lieutenant on 20 December 1902, and resigned his commission on 18 June 1904.

After the outbreak of the Great War, Bolton was appointed Lieutenant, General Reserve of Officers on 19 August 1914 and promoted temporary Captain, 7th Battalion, Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers) on 14 December 1914. Appointed Adjutant on 10 March 1915 he served on the Western Front from 17 February 1916, transferring as Temporary Captain, Royal Munster Fusiliers on 15 May 1916, and Captain, 1st Battalion, on 1 November 1916. He retired on 18 August 1922 in the rank of Captain and received a gratuity, remaining in the Reserve of Officers until 23 October 1930.

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OBE (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919;
QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (967 Pte. W. C. Knight, CIV);
BWM and VM with MID oak leaves (Capt. W. C. Knight.)

OBE LG 3 June 1919: ‘For valuable service rendered in connection with military operations in France’

William Collins Knight was born in Wandsworth, London in 1878. He joined the 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers in 1896 and was a Cadet Sergeant-Instructor in that unit, while civilly employed as a clerk in the drapery trade, when he volunteered for the City of London Imperial Volunteers in 1900. He served in the Infantry Battalion of the CIV during the Boer War. An article in the City Press, 14 November 1900, reports on a dinner for 6 returning CIVs (including Knight) employed by the Sun Fire Insurance Company.

Following the outbreak of the Great War, Knight was commissioned Temporary Lieutenant in the 9th (Reserve) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment on 10 December 1914 and promoted Temporary Captain, attached 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment on 1 April 1916, serving on the Western Front from 2 April 1917. Transferring to H.Q. Staff, Fourth Army, he was Mentioned in Field Marshal Haig’s Despatch of 16 March 1919 (LG 8 July 1919), and for his services during the Great War was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.

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QSA (3) Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (1488 Pte. M. W. Holland, CIV)
Mounted for display in glazed silver frame, 83mm x 133mm, hallmarks for Birmingham 1901, bearing a silver plaque ‘Montague Wilmot Holland, City Imperial Volunteers & London Rifle Brigade, killed in action near Brandfort S. Africa, May 3rd 1900’,

Montague Wilmot Holland was born in Bromley, Kent in October 1874 and was educated at Wellington College. A clerk with the firm of stockbrokers, J & A Scrimgeour, he was also secretary of the regimental football and cricket clubs and a member of the Highgate branch of Blackheath Harriers. He joined the 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers on 22 March 1895 and served in South Africa with No. 1 Mounted Infantry Company, City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. He was killed in action by shrapnel on 3 May 1900 at Brandfort.

Corporal R. W. Waters described the events surrounding Holland’s death in a letter published in the City Press on 6 June 1900:

‘After marching for about six miles we came in touch with the enemy, and had some extreme range firing, our section driving the Boers out of their positions. We stormed several kopjes with fixed bayonets, but the Boers had booted. I was sent forward to scout and found a big nullah in front, along which I went until I came to a farm. While I was gone towards the farm our party occupied a portion of the nullah, and opened fire at long range on some kopjes to the left front, where a great many Boers were seen to be moving. Orders came for us to take a kopje on the right front. Mr Wilson protested that the Boers were in strong force on the left, and that we should be outflanked. The orders were imperative, and repeated by three orderlies, so we left the nullah and advanced. We had not gone about 200 yards when the Boers commenced shelling us, the first shell, I am sorry to say, mortally wounding Sergeant Kingsford, my sergeant of H Company of the L.R.B. and the third (shrapnel) riddling another poor fellow named Holland, also an L.R.B. man. I stayed behind with Kingsford and the ambulance man (Murray) to see if I could be of any service. I asked if I could take him out of the range of fire on my horse, but I was told not to stay, but to rejoin the section, which had retired to the nullah. Kingsford passed away while asleep, and was buried the next day at Zirfontein, where the regiment was encamped with the Fifteenth Brigade. I was one of the pall-bearers. Holland was buried on the field.’

Holland’s face and shoulder had been shot away by the shrapnel blast. He was buried in the field by the chaplain of an Infantry Regiment. Private Holland and Sergeant D P Kingsford were the only two men of the Mounted Infantry, CIV to be killed during the war.

On 17 May 1900, £100 was paid from the CIV fund to his next of kin, Wilmot Holland, 26 Wood Lane, Highgate.

Holland’s CIV memorial was erected in St. Michael’s, Highgate. He was also commemorated on memorials at the Stock Exchange, Wellington College, and St. Jude’s Church, Kensington.

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QSA (3) Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (938 Sgt. D. P. Kingsford, CIV)

Dudley Perring Kingsford, the third son of Dr. C. Dudley and Mrs Kingsford, of Capel Lodge, Whetstone, was born in 1868 in Hackney, London. A clerk by occupation, he joined the 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers in 1886 and served in South Africa with the 1st Mounted Infantry Company, City Imperial Volunteers, during the Boer War.

An article in the City Press on 21 April 1900, quoting a Daily Telegraph correspondent, mentions the CIV’s first engagement with the Boers at Jacobsdaal and Kingsford’s part in the rearguard action which followed at Riet River:
‘Coming to the CIV’s first experience of real warfare at Jacobsdaal, the writer records that the part which they took in that little affair was an honourable one; and on the same day a section of the corps was engaged in a rearguard action in connection with the capture of the big convoy of 200 wagons at Riet River. At the latter there were only about twenty of the Lord Mayor’s Own present, under the command of Sergeant Kingsford of the London Rifle Brigade; but I am assured they fought in such valiant style as to earn the commendation of Lord Roberts and General Wavell.’

Sergeant Kingsford was killed in action by a shell on 3 May 1900 at Brandfort. A letter from Private G. Gaskill, (CIV and 3rd Middx. R.V.) published in the City Press, 6 June 1900, describes the circumstances:
‘Last Thursday (3rd ult.) we were in action once more, and had some close shaves. We noted an advance guard and about noon were sent to reconnoitre some kopjes on our right front. As we were crossing between two of them a terrific shell fire was poured into us, several shells bursting on my left and nearly upsetting me, but by good luck I did not get hit. They were chiefly pom poms, and if you get hit with one it can make a beastly mess of you. We however, galloped to a small kopje and took shelter behind it. As we were doing this No. 3 section were following us up when the fire was turned into them, and poor Sergeant Kingsford and Private Holland were killed. Kingsford was struck by a shell below the heart, and died within a few minutes, and Holland was riddled with bullets from shrapnel shell.’

Another account of Kingsford’s death, written by Corporal R. W. Waters, was published in the same copy of the City Press. Other references can be found in letters by Privates J. Paynter and G. Hardy in the City Press editions of 13 June 1900 and 20 June 1900 respectively.

In a letter published in the City Press 21 July 1900, Sergeant T. W. Vine states ‘We buried Sgt. Kingsford’s body in the small graveyard at Zwefontein, with full military honours, the scene was very impressive.’ Walter Woodford in his diary, published under the title ‘CIVM.I. South Africa 1900, “L” Co. At the Front’ also describes these events and concludes ‘We afterwards erected a rough cross in his memory with the words, “Sergt. Kingsford, CIVM.I., killed in action Zuurfontein, May 3, 1900”.’

Sergeant D. P. Kingsford and Private Holland were the only two men of the Mounted Infantry, CIV to be killed during the war. £100 was paid by the CIV fund to Mrs B. F. Kingsford, Capel Lodge, Whetstone on 17 May 1900 and a tablet in commemoration of Sergeant Kingsford in All Saints, Whetstone, was unveiled by Colonel Cholmondeley in May 1901, the ceremony being attended by the whole of ‘N’ Company, London Rifle Brigade.