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QSA (6) Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, left hand rivet ‘popped’ between third and fourth clasps (2820 Pte. C. Oakden. Middlesex Regt.);
KSA (2) (2820 Corpl: C. Oakden. Middlesex Regt.)

Charles Walter Oakden was born in Pimlico in 1872 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment at Hounslow on 22 January 1890. Posted to the East Indies with the 2nd Battalion from 18 September 1891 to 20 January 1898, Oakden was later recalled from Army Reserve and fought in South Africa from 2 December 1899 to 29 July 1903. The official casualty roll notes that he was wounded during this time at Spion Kop on 24 January 1900, when the 2nd Battalion suffered heavily; approximately 3 officers and 20 men were killed, with a further 5 officers and 60 men wounded. Furthermore, two men were later recommended for the Distinguished Conduct Medal for very exceptional gallantry.

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QSA (6) Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Kimberley, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony, unofficial rivets between clasps, with top lugs of the CC clasp removed (3098 Pte. S. Price. Middx: Regt.);
KSA (2) top lugs removed (3098 Pte. S. Price. Middlesex Regt.);
Army LS&GC Ed VII (3098 L.Cpl. S. Price. Middx: Regt.)

S. Price served during the Boer War with the 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment and is confirmed upon the roll as entitled to the QSA (6).

Advanced Lance Corporal, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in April 1910.

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QSA (5) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (8427 Pte. A. S. Bevans. Vol: Coy. Middx: Regt.);
Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. A. Bevens.)

Alfred Sidney Bevans was born in Wood Green, London, on 31 May 1882, and attested for the Middlesex Regiment at Hornsey on 12 March 1901. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he served in South Africa from 1 April 1901 to 24 June 1902, and was discharged upon termination of engagement 3 July 1902. He later served as a Police Constable with the Metropolitan Police and is recorded in 1939 as a retired Constable living in St. Austell, Cornwall.

He died at Bodmin in 1967.

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QSA (5) Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2852 Pte. W. Butler, Middlesex Regt:);
KSA (2) (2852 Pte. W. Butler. Middlesex Regt.)

William Butler was born in Lambeth in 1871 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment at Hounslow on 20 March 1890. He served with the 2nd Battalion in East India from 21 February 1891 to 20 January 1898, and later witnessed active service in South Africa during the Boer War from 2 December 1899 to 29 July 1902. Discharged from ‘D’ Company, 2nd Middlesex Regiment two days later, he likely resumed civilian employment as a labourer.

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QSA (5) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (8356 Pte. T. Foster. Vol: Coy. Middx: Regt.);
1914-15 Star (G-1157. Pte. T. Foster, Middx. R.);
British War and Victory Medals (G-1157 Pte. T. Foster. Midd’x R.)

Thomas Foster was born in Enfield in 1879, and served during the Boer War as a Private in the 2nd Volunteer Service Company, Middlesex Regiment, attached 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment.

He later re-engaged at Wood Green on 7 September 1914 and served as a Private in the 13th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment from 12 September 1914. Posted to France from 1 September 1915 to 14 February 1916, he returned to the Western Front during the Battle of the Somme and was subsequently transferred to Divisional Headquarters, 24th Division, on 31 August 1917. Foster survived the Great War and returned home to New Southgate in 1919.

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QSA (6) Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (4919 Pte. A. Halfacre. Middx: Regt.);
KSA (2) (4919 Pte. A. Halfacre. Middx: Regt.)

Alfred E. Halfacre, a labourer, was born in Pimlico and enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment on 3 July 1896. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Boer War and is confirmed upon the roll as entitled to the QSA (6).

He later transferred to the 6th Battalion and died in service at Mill Hill barracks on 22 February 1910.