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QSA (5) Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (12417 Dr. G. A. Sneller, A.S.C.) engraved naming;
KSA (2) (12417 Corpl:- Sdlr: G. A. Sneller. A.S.C.);
AGS 1902 (1) Somaliland 1902-04 (12417 Sdlr-St-Serjt: G. Sneller. A.S.C.);
1914 Star (T-12417 Sd. Q.M. Sjt. Snellar [sic]. A.S.C.);
British War and Victory Medals (T-12417 W.O. Cl.2 G. A. Sneller. A.S.C.);
Army LS&GC GV 1st issue (12417 Sd: S. Sjt: G. A. Sneller. A.S.C.)

G. A. Sneller served with the Army Service Corps as a Saddler Quartermaster Sergeant during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 August 1914.

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Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued;
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Transvaal (Capt. W. M. H. Armstrong. A.S.C.) engraved naming;
KSA (2) (Maj: & Adjt: W. M H. Armstrong. A.S.C.) engraved naming;
1914 Star, with clasp (Lt: Col: W. M. H. Armstrong. A.S.C.);
British War and Victory Medals, with MID (Lt. Col. W. M. H. Armstrong.)

William Meredith Howard Armstrong was born on 7 October 1868 and was educated at Clifton College, where he captained the Cricket XI. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the 3rd (Fermanagh Militia) Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 4 September 1889, and converted to the Regular Army as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment on 12 March 1892. He transferred to the Army Service Corps on 1 April 1893, and was posted to No. 14 Company at Dublin. Promoted Lieutenant on 30 March 1894, he embarked for the Gold Coast the following year and took part in the Ashanti expedition.

Promoted Captain on 19 June 1898, Armstrong served in South Africa during the Boer War from 1899, and took part in the operations in Cape Colony south of the Orange River in 1899 to 1900; in the Orange Free State in 1900, including the engagement at Paardeberg from 17 to 26 February; in the Orange River Colony from November to December 1900; and in the Transvaal from December 1900 to May 1902. Appointed Adjutant on 5 December 1900, he was promoted Brevet Major on 22 August 1902, and for his services was Mentioned in both Lord Roberts’ Despatch of 4 September 1901 (London Gazette 10 September 1901) and Lord Kitchener’s Despatch of 23 June 1902 (London Gazette 29 July 1902).

Promoted Major on 1 April 1905, Armstrong returned to Ireland and served in Dublin and Longford before being appointed Commanding Officer, Army Service Corps on the Island of Bermuda, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, on 15 December 1913. Following the outbreak of the Great War he served in France with the British Expeditionary Force as Commanding Officer of the Advance Horse Transport Depot from 22 August 1914; was wounded in action; and was Mentioned in Field Marshal French’s Despatch of 14 January 1915 (London Gazette 17 February 1915). He later served on the Staff as Assistant Director of Supply and Transport at HQ, Irish Command, and was placed on the Reserve of Officers List on 24 January 1919.

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SAGS (0) C/1562. Corpl. F. K. Tull. A.S. Corps);
QSA (2) Natal, Transvaal (Lieut: & Q.M. F. K. Tull. A.S.C.);
[ KSA (2) ]

Frank Kellow Tull was born in 1858 and attested for the Army Service Corps, serving with them in South Africa during both the Zulu War and the First Boer War. Present at the Defence of Potchefstroom, he was wounded in the neck by gunfire at daybreak on 26 December 1880, and was mentioned in a despatch by the Deputy Assistant Commissary-General at Potchefstroom, W. A. Dunne, to the Commissary-General, South Africa, on 28 March 1881:

‘I wish to especially mentioned Sergeant A. H. Freeman and Corporal F. K. Tull. I cannot speak too highly of these two non-commissioned officers... Corporal Tull I have always found to be excellent in his conduct, expert at his work, and most painstaking in the performance of his duties. He has been of great assistance to me. I beg to recommend these two non-commissioned officers to our favourable notice.’

Tull served in the ranks for 13 years and 289 days, and as a Warrant Officer for 8 years and 59 days, before being commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) on 25 May 1898. He saw further service in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and was present during operations in Natal in 1899 to 1900, and then in the Transvaal, from January 1901 to 31 May 1902. He retired with the rank of Captain.