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Hello
Are there any further notes on the Roll which indicate as to why this medal was returned ? Do not have a copy, just going off the information provided in the Name search of the site
Thank you

This is all the medal roll in ADM 171.53 says

Clasp 21 is Defence of Ladysmith





The most common reason for a medal to be returned is that, by the time the medal came to be issued, the recipient had moved on and could no longer be traced.

Thank you for the info David

This is small article that appeared on the Natal Mercury late October 1899 :

AN INJURED GUNNER

Gunner C Florens , late of the Natal Naval Volunteers , called at this office on Saturday , and asked us to contradict what he stated was rumour in town that he has deserted from the force, but had been captured going on board a ship at Durban, by sailors of the HMS Tartar .The fact is that Gunner Florens was run over by a big gun at Ladismith, and has received his discharge as being medically unfit. He has been granted a pension for two years.

Is this the same man as Flarcus, which would appear to be a misspelling on the roll or read wrong ? As he was not in Ladysmith as of the 3rd of November 1899, he would not be entitled to the Defence of Ladysmith bar.

There is a C Florens who joined the Natal Mounted Rifles in March of 1901

This is the article that appeared in the Natal Mercury