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I bought this pair at last Sundays medal fair at Wakefield.

6134 Pte.F.W.Roberts Thorneycroft Mounted Infantry & Trooper F.W.Roberts Natal Mounted Rifles
QSA & 1906 Rebellion medal




Frank served with the following South African units:-
Utrecht Mounted Police No.84 WO100/261
Natal Mounted Rifles No.424 WO100/260 this roll shows his entitlement another supplementary roll WO100/260 shows entitlement to SA1901 which is missing from the medal.
Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry No.6134 WO100/227 nice to see Colonel Thorneycroft's signature on the medal roll.
His entitlement on his QSA was Laings Nek,Transvaal,Relief of Ladysmith OFS & Tugela Heights.
His rebellion medal has a confirmed 1906 clasp.






Thank you for any comments

Paul

Very nice indeed Paul,

Frank White Roberts born in Durban and passed away in 1958, see below.

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 203/1958
PART 1
DESCRIPTION ROBERTS,FRANK WHITE.BORN IN DURBAN,NATAL.S/SP ROBERTS,GRACE
HILDA.DECEASED ESTATE
STARTING 19580000
ENDING 19580000

Regards
Adrian

Hello Adrian,

Thank you very much for that information.
Nice to see he was a "local man"

Regards
Paul

capepolice wrote: Very nice indeed Paul,

Frank White Roberts born in Durban and passed away in 1958, see below.

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 203/1958
PART 1
DESCRIPTION ROBERTS,FRANK WHITE.BORN IN DURBAN,NATAL.S/SP ROBERTS,GRACE
HILDA.DECEASED ESTATE
STARTING 19580000
ENDING 19580000

Regards
Adrian

Hello Paul,
Very nice indeed and not easy to get here either, there is a fellow in Manchester who collects Thorneycroft's boys to the point of fanaticism, moreover, he certainly has the best collection that I am aware of today.
So whilst the QSA is very nice on it's own, to actually have the pair is superb, surviving papers are in WO126/142-144 at Kew, a really lovely pair of medals, you have been lucky I think.
Regards Frank

Hello Frank,

Thank you for your comments, yes I am happy with this pair

Paul

Hi Paul

It is indeed a very good pair of medals and the sort that could start an obsession for medals with a connection to the Colony of Natal!

Regards
Brett