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From the City Coins auction, 4 November 2022

QSA (5) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (32601 Tpr: A. Royle. Damant’s Horse)

Sold with copied Rolls for Kimberley Light Horse, Ashburner's Light Horse and Damant’s Horse.

Picture courtesy of Spink

The medals are not mounted this way so there is no reason to photograph them in this order unless you do not know the correct order.

QSA (4) Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Tpr: R. Stent. Damant's Horse.);
KSA (2) (Lieut: R. W. T. Stent. S.A.M.I.F.);
1914-15 Star (Pte. R. W. T. Stent Standerton Cdo.);
British War and bi-lingual Victory Medals (S/Sjt R. W. T. Stent. S.A.M.C.)

Spink say 'Reginald William Theodore Stent was born in England in June 1878 and served initially during the Boer War with Damant's Horse. He was wounded in action at Colesburg on 8 February 1900 and was also taken a Prisoner-of-War during the conflict. Having been released from Pretoria on 23 May 1901 [sic], he saw further service during the Great War and died on 11 August 1939 at Pretoria.'

Good morning all,
My first purchase for 2023. A Q.S.A. to 32455 Tpr. A. Finn DAMANT'S HORSE.
The medal has clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A.1901, S.A. 1902.
His Attestation paper has his enlistment date as Jan 14, 1902.
The medal rolls have his Reg Number/s 32455 and 166 bracketed and confirm the clasps on the medal. The earlier number possibly accounts for the 1901 and other clasps. The letter 'D' is in the column next to 'Rank'. There is no indication of service with another unit.
The Nominal Roll in this website doesn't indicate another enlistment date.
The assumption here is that he had prior service in Damant's Horse and due to a re-organisation his Reg No was changed. he would have had to be busy to serve the three colonies in 1902.
Any comments theories?
Cheers,
Jim

Jim,

That is a nice way to start the year.

His QSA (5) is verified on the rolls. As you say, he does not appear to have any service in any other unit. Many men were allocated a new number on re-enlistment and this is what probably happened here. The only oddity is that he would probably not have been given the number 166 when he joined in 1901.

There is an A Finn in the Peninsula Horse but nothing to connect the two.

Kind regards
David

Thanks David.

Our eyes and ears
These are men of the fine corps known as 'Rimington's Scouts'

Source: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/19-ephemera/3...-jack?start=78#96445