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I have acquired a group of medals to John Edwin Pritchard Forbes who served for 24 years with the Cape Police, firstly in the Boer War and then the South African Mounted Rifles in WWI. He went on to get the SAP Faithful Service Medal before taking his retirement. With the group came an original photo of him in uniform as well as his original discharge paper and a small newspaper obituary.

The group consists of:

- QSA with clasps Cape Colony & Transvaal to 1591 L/Cpl J.E.P. Forbes, CP Dist 1
- KSA with clasps SA 1901 & 1902 to 1591 L/Cpl J.E.P. Forbes, CP Dist 1
- 1914/15 Star to RFM J.E.P. Forbes, 1st S.A.M.R.
- British War Medal to RFM J.E.P. Forbes, 1st S.A.M.R.
- Victory Medal to RFM J.E.P. Forbes, 1st S.A.M.R.
- S.A.P. Medal for Faithful service to No 8062 (M) 2nd C Sgt. J.E.P. Forbes





The Boer War part of is service is what interests me most. What did these guys get up to in the Cape and O.F.S.?

Regards

Rory

Rory,

This link to the CP on this site should be of help.

www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/so...-cape-mounted-police


Regards
Adrian

Rory,

A very nice group of medals, even more so with the documentation that came with it.

Best wishes
David