Abbey, T/1722 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Able, T/2739 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Addis, T/1586 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Aggett, T/1026 Corporal H. SAGS (1) 1879
Aggett, Conductor T. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Aldrich, C/1773 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Aldridge, T/1651 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Allen, 1409 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Allen, C/2705 3rd Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Allfree, C/1642 Lance Corporal C. SAGS (0)
Anderson, T/1685 Private A C. SAGS (1) 1879
Anderson, 1178 3rd Class Staff Sergeant T. SAGS (1) 1879
Anderson, T/3104 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Andrews, T/1663 Private H. SAGS (0)
Andrews, T/368 Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Andrews, T/2982 Private J. SAGS (0)
Andrews, T/2378 Sergeant T. SAGS (0)
Angell, Commissary J C. SAGS (0)
Angell, T/100 Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Angus, T/1166 Lance Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Annison, T/1716 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Aplin, C/1855 Private W H. SAGS (1) 1879
Appelbe, Assistant Commissary E B. SAGS (1) 1879
Apps, T/1656 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Archer, T/1677 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Archer, T/2104 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Armstrong, C/2002 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Arnett, T/2101 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Attwood, C/2469 Sergeant F. SAGS (1) 1879
Aylward, T/1986 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Ayres, T/603 1st Class Staff Sergeant T. SAGS (1) 1879
Ayton, T/1701 Private A. SAGS (0)
Bailey, C/1517 Lance Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Baker, T/435 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Baker, T/1425 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Baker, T/746 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Baker, C/1748 2nd Corporal W J. SAGS (1) 1879
Baldwin, T/2788 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Ball, Superintendent of Transport C M. SAGS (1) 1879
Bamford, T/2416 Bugler C W. SAGS (1) 1879
Bangs, T/1254 Private H W. SAGS (1) 1879
Banks, C/1626 Lance Corporal F J. SAGS (0)
Banks, T/1469 Lance Corporal S J. SAGS (1) 1879
Barber, 1158 Private A. SAGS (0)
Barber, T/2393 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Barker, T/1149 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Barlow, T/1694 Private F. SAGS (0)
Barnes, T/1665 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Barnes, T/3392 Private J. SAGS (0)
Barnett, C/1848 Private W E. SAGS (1) 1879
Barnhurst, 1272 Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Barrett, Assistant Commissary H W. SAGS (1) 1879
Barriball, T/151 Corporal A. SAGS (1) 1879
Barron, T/1418 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Barry, T/1300 Lance Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Bartholomew, 2698 Private E. SAGS (0)
Bartlett, T/1242 Private G W. SAGS (1) 1879
Bartlett, T/2005 3rd Class Staff Sergeant H G. SAGS (1) 1879
Baskett, 2676 Sergeant H. SAGS (0)
Bates, T/3207 Corporal W H. SAGS (1) 1879
Batho, T/3430 Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Battman, T/2105 2nd Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
Baxter, Transport Officer H. SAGS (1) 1879
Bayes, T/1548 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Bayes, T/1208 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Beach, T/2869 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Beal, T/1011 Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Beard, T/1075 Private F C. SAGS (1) 1879
Bedford, 1047 1st Corporal C. SAGS (1) 1879
Bedford, 1890 Private C F. SAGS (0)
Beeston, T/776 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Belcher, T/2171 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Beldham, C/1648 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Benn, T/1207 Private J F. SAGS (1) 1879
Bennett, T/1383 Corporal F T. SAGS (0)
Bennett, T/301 2nd Class Staff Sergeant T. SAGS (1) 1879
Bennett, T/1471 Corporal T W. SAGS (0)
Berry, T/960 Private H W. SAGS (0)
Beverly, T/1420 Private J W. SAGS (1) 1879
Bexley, T/1045 2nd Corporal H. SAGS (1) 1879
Bibbs, Civil Conductor C. SAGS (1) 1879
Biddulph, T/2357 Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Bigg, T/1843 3rd Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Bigwood, T/1035 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Billington, T/1012 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Birch, T/1539 Private A G. SAGS (1) 1879
Birch, T/2110 3rd Class Staff Sergeant R. SAGS (1) 1879
Bishop, C/2381 Private E. SAGS (0)
Bishop, T/1785 Private E. SAGS (0)
Bishop, T/1103 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Bishop, T/3169 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Bishop, 2131 3rd Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
Bittle, C/3386 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Blake, T/1817 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Blake, T/665 2nd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Blakey, T/1873 3rd Class Staff Sergeant G. SAGS (0)
Bleach, T/3439 Corporal G. SAGS (1) 1879
Blinco, T/2364 Lance Sergeant A. SAGS (1) 1879
Bloomfield, 1197 Private W J. SAGS (0)
Boby, T/3249 2nd Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Bodmer, C/2007 Private J J. SAGS (1) 1879
Bonnett, C/1635 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Booker, 1341 Private W. SAGS (0)
Booth, C/1251 3rd Class Staff Sergeant G. SAGS (0)
Bor, 1438 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Bottle, T/3000 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Bourne, T/1067 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Bourner, C/1615 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Box, C/1964 Lance Corporal W F. SAGS (1) 1879
Boyle, Clerk J. SAGS (1) 1879
Bradbury, 1231 Private A. SAGS (0)
Bradley, T/1613 Private H J. SAGS (1) 1879
Bradley, T/1618 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Brag, T/1165 Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Brailsford, 1123 Clerk F. SAGS (1) 1879
Breuer, C/1500 2nd Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Bridge, 2575 Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Brien, T/1424 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Briggs, 1374 Private F. SAGS (0)
Brister, T/1005 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Brooker, T/3927 Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Brooks, T/238 Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Broomhead, C/1266 Sergeant H. SAGS (0)
Brown, T/3236 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Brown, T/1376 Private A H C. SAGS (0)
Brown, C/1326 Private C R. SAGS (0)
Brown, T/2246 2nd Class Staff Sergeant F. SAGS (1) 1879
Brown, T/3035 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Brown, 1387 Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Brown, T/1807 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Brown, T/1729 Private T. SAGS (0)
Brown, T/1158 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Browne, 1264 2nd Corporal T. SAGS (1) 1879
Bruden, 1284 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Bruton, 1344 Private J N. SAGS (0)
Bryan, T/1916 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Buckley, T/3605 Bugler P. SAGS (1) 1879
Buckley, 1022 2nd Corporal R. SAGS (0)
Bunce, T/3030 Lance Corporal A. SAGS (1) 1879
Bunney, T/1637 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Bunton, C/3448 Lance Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Burch, T/3237 Private S. SAGS (0)
Burgess, T/1235 Lance Corporal C. SAGS (0)
Burnett, T/1052 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Burton, T/1284 2nd Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Butt, T/3379 Private R G. SAGS (1) 1879
Butterfield, C/1804 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Buxton, C/1847 Private E J. SAGS (1) 1879
Buxton, C/2851 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Callaby, 2508 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Cameron, T/181 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Campbell, Deputy Commissary C G L. SAGS (1) 1879
Campbell, T/317 Lance Corporal D. SAGS (1) 1879
Carey, 1346 Private W. SAGS (0)
Carey, 1369 Private W. SAGS (0)
Carlin, Sub Assistant Commissary H. SAGS (0)
Carr, 1214 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Carr, T/2280 2nd Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Carr, T/3543 Private Z. SAGS (1) 1879
Carroll, T/1907 Private C. SAGS (0)
Carter, 1291 Private G. SAGS (0)
Carter, C/3203 Private J W. SAGS (0)
Chad, T/1760 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Chalk, T/2412 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Chambers, T/240 3rd Class Staff Sergeant C. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Chambers, T/632 3rd Class Staff Sergeant S. SAGS (0)
Chambury, T/1123 Corporal T A. SAGS (1) 1879
Chantry, T/2410 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Chapman, T/2996 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Chapman, T/1226 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Chapman, T/1108 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Chard, T/3301 Corporal J. SAGS (0)
Cheeseman, 1312 Private A. SAGS (0)
Cheesman, T/1048 Lance Corporal R. SAGS (1) 1879
Chillcott, C/2207 Private W. SAGS (0)
Church, T/2276 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Churcher, T/1371 Private C W. SAGS (1) 1879
Clackson, T/2175 Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Claret, T/1177 Private H. SAGS (0)
Clark, T/179 Private A. SAGS (0)
Clarke, 1321 Private C. SAGS (0)
Clarke, 1206 Private F. SAGS (0)
Clarke, C/1887 Bugler J C. SAGS (0)
Clarke, T/39 Corporal R. SAGS (0)
Clarkson, C/1111 Private E. SAGS (0)
Clay, T/1049 Corporal G H. SAGS (1) 1879
Clegg, C/952 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Clements, T/974 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Cockell, T/1060 Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Cole, T/108 Private I. SAGS (1) 1879
Cole, C/1794 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Coleman, T/1240 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Coles, T/1206 Private F T. SAGS (1) 1879
Colley, T/2267 Private T W. SAGS (0)
Collins, T/1288 Colour Sergeant D. SAGS (1) 1879
Collins, T/3579 Colour Sergeant G. SAGS (1) 1879
Collins, 1185 Private J. SAGS (0)
Connors, T/405 3rd Class Staff Sergeant T. SAGS (1) 1879
Cook, T/1971 Lance Corporal C. SAGS (1) 1879
Cook, T/1686 Private E J. SAGS (1) 1879
Cook, T/2546 Colour Sergeant H. SAGS (1) 1879
Cooke, 1397 Deputy Commissary W B. SAGS (0)
Coombs, T/1410 Lance Corporal J. SAGS (0)
Coombs, C/1968 3rd Class Staff Sergeant T. SAGS (0)
Coombs, C/2501 Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Cooper, T/2566 2nd Class Staff Sergeant A C. SAGS (1) 1879
Cooper, 1109 Private C J. SAGS (1) 1879
Cooper, T/1621 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Cooper, C/1757 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Cooper, T/1770 Private T F. SAGS (1) 1879
Cooper, 1021 Private W. SAGS (0)
Cooper, T/2746 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Coopey, T/182 3rd Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
Coppin, C/3382 Private W. SAGS (1) 1877
Cordeary, T/1751 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Cottle, C/3425 Sergeant L G. SAGS (0)
Coulter, T/1088 Private S. SAGS (1) 1879
Cousins, T/1241 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Coutts, T/2825 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Covey, T/1202 2nd Corporal H. SAGS (0)
Cowdry, T/163 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Cox, T/2244 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Cox, C/1211 Corporal S W. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Cox, Conductor W. SAGS (0)
Cox, Sub Assistant Commissary W S. SAGS (1) 1879
Coxon, T/516 2nd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Craddock, C/1342 Private R. SAGS (0). Medal returned
Craft, C/1343 Sergeant E. SAGS (1) 1877-9
Crandle, T/1296 Private W R. SAGS (1) 1879
Crapp, T/3060 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Crawford, T/2700 2nd Corporal G. SAGS (1) 1879
Crees, T/1217 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Crich, T/1748 Private E C. SAGS (1) 1879
Croasley, T/3072 Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Crofts, 1078 Private T. SAGS (0)
Cronin, 1075 Private J. SAGS (0)
Croose, 1945 1st Corporal S. SAGS (0)
Cross, T/1579 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Crouch, T/1028 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Crow, T/1996 Lance Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Crowe, T/957 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Crush, T/975 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Crute, T/1367 Private D. SAGS (1) 1879
Cryer, C/1315 Corporal F P. SAGS (0)
Cuff, T/3045 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Cuff, T/3046 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Cunningham, T/3374 Private S. SAGS (1) 1879
Curry, T/2138 Colour Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Cusack, T/3325 Sergeant P. SAGS (1) 1879
Cushing, T/3346 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Cushing, T/2126 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Cusik, 1433 Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Dabbs, C/1684 Private W. SAGS (0)
Dady, T/1581 Private J H. SAGS (0)
Dance, T/1228 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Dare, T/860 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Darling, C/1904 Private W. SAGS (0)
Davey, T/1042 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Davies, 1096 2nd Corporal J. SAGS (0)
Davies, T/1572 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Davis, T/1178 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Davis, T/1523 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Davis, T/3434 Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Davis, T/1255 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Davis, T/1167 Private W. SAGS (0)
Day, C/1001 2nd Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Day, T/2025 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
De Lancey, T/2288 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
De Ricci, Assistant Commissary R S. SAGS (0)
Dean, C/1991 Corporal A. SAGS (1) 1879
Dean, T/321 Sergeant A. SAGS (0)
Deane, 1280 Private E. SAGS (0)
Deegan, T/389 Sergeant R. SAGS (1) 1879
Deer, T/1481 Private A. SAGS (0)
Deeves, 1057 2nd Corporal J G. SAGS (0)
Delaney, T/1702 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Delavigne, 1334 Private ? F. SAGS (0)
Dennett, T/1090 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Dennis, 1054 2nd Corporal C. SAGS (0)
Dennison, T/1939 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Dew, T/1620 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Dew, T/1313 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Dewhurst, 1238 Private W. SAGS (0)
Dickerson, T/1522 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Dickings, T/2652 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Diggens, T/2248 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Dilley, T/1402 Colour Sergeant A. SAGS (1) 1879
Dillon, 1368 Private J. SAGS (0)
Dobrey, T/1365 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Dodd, C/1443 2nd Corporal A. SAGS (0)
Dodkins, 2598 Private G. SAGS (0)
Donovan, T/1584 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Doran, T/3097 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Dorrell, T/1752 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Downer, T/2836 Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Downey, T/1183 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Doyle, T/1943 Private V(?). SAGS (1) 1879
Drayton, T/1253 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Drummond, 1174 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Duffy, 1429 Private P. SAGS (1) 1879
Dumphy, T/113 Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Duncan, T/1215 Private J. SAGS (0)
Dundas, 1431 Private J. SAGS (0)
Dunn, T/1224 Private S. SAGS (1) 1879
Dunsford, T/976 Colour Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Durnbreck, Acting Commissariat Officer F T. SAGS (1) 1879
Dyer, 1430 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Eades, T/1181 Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Eales, T/1009 Private T. SAGS (0)
Eastland, C/3482 Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Edwards, T/1474 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Edwards, T/3573 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Edwards, C/2008 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Edwards, T/1123 Private J J. SAGS (0)
Eisele, T/1486 Lance Corporal G R. SAGS (1) 1879
Ekins, 1277 Private W. SAGS (0)
Elam, T/3326 Corporal E. SAGS (1) 1879
Eldridge, T/1736 Private F S. SAGS (1) 1879
Elliott, T/3562 Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Elliott, T/1761 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Elliott, T/3454 Private R J. SAGS (0)
Ellis, T/2756 Sergeant W J. SAGS (0)
Elsey, T/690 Corporal A. SAGS (0)
Emberton, 1522 3rd Class Staff Sergeant F. SAGS (0)
England, Transport Officer T H. SAGS (1) 1878-9
Evans, T/1768 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Evans, T/1374 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Evans, C/1478 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Everis, T/3028 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Eycott, T/464 3rd Class Staff Sergeant H C. SAGS (1) 1879
Eyles, T/1372 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Fall, T/1435 Private H A. SAGS (0)
Farley, T/3507 Corporal W. SAGS (0)
Farmer, T/1199 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Farmer, T/3013 Company Sergeant Major G. SAGS (1) 1879
Fellowes, T/1836 2nd Class Staff Sergeant H. SAGS (1) 1879
Ferguson, T/284 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Ferry, C/1873 2nd Corporal W A. SAGS (0)
Field, T/1308 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Field, T/1211 Colour Sergeant G. SAGS (1) 1879
Field, C/1717 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Figgins, T/1450 2nd Corporal C J. SAGS (1) 1879
Figgins, T/1100 Private G T. SAGS (1) 1879
Filling, C/1451 Private C J. SAGS (0)
Fillmore, T/530 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Finch, C/3465 Sergeant C H. SAGS (0)
Fisher, T/753 Lance Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Fletcher, T/1449 Private F. SAGS (0)
Fletcher, C/1859 Private J. SAGS (0)
Flower, T/3260 Corporal G. SAGS (1) 1879
Flynn, T/2415 Bugler J. SAGS (0)
Flynn, T/940 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Flynn, 3375 Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
Ford, T/2824 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Forman, T/2329 Private H. SAGS (0)
Forris, T/3105 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Forsdick, C/1188 2nd Corporal R. SAGS (1) 1879
Forsyth, C/3614 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Fox, T/3032 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Frances, T/1089 2nd Corporal R. SAGS (1) 1879
Francis, 1098 Private A. SAGS (0)
Francis, T/1691 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Franklin, T/159 Private B. SAGS (1) 1879
Freeman, C/2634 Corporal H. SAGS (1) 1878-9
Freestone, T/580 Sergeant S. SAGS (1) 1879
Fritto, Civilian Conductor A H. SAGS (1) 1879
Frost, T/2100 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Froud, T/1992 Private T. SAGS (0)
Froud, 772290 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Fruen, T/1399 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Fry, C/3409 Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Fuller, 1278 Private J. SAGS (0)
Fullick, T/1261 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Furbank, C/1705 Private J. SAGS (0)
Fyffe, T/1812 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Gale, 977 Private A. SAGS (0)
Galway, 773602 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Gambling, T/2904 Corporal R. SAGS (1) 1879
Gane, 1222 2nd Class Staff Sergeant R. SAGS (1) 1879
Garden, Civilian D D. SAGS (1) 1879
Gardener, 2592 Private F. SAGS (0)
Garnett, 3220 Private W. SAGS (0)
Garrick, T/2141 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Garside, T/330 3rd Class Staff Sergeant T. SAGS (0)
Gay, T/328 Private W. SAGS (0)
Gayden, T/3229 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Gibbs, T/2747 Sergeant G. SAGS (1) 1879
Gibbs, C/1854 Lance Corporal W. SAGS (0)
Gibson, T/2268 Private D. SAGS (1) 1879
Gibson, T/2320 Lance Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Giles, 1262 1st Corporal G S. SAGS (0)
Giles, T/3339 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Gill, C/1320 Private C E. SAGS (1) 1879
Gillard, T/2022 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879. Medal returned
Gillibrand, 996 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Gleeson, C/958 2nd Corporal A F. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Gleeson, C/1528 Private P. SAGS (0)
Goddard, T/1031 Corporal G. SAGS (1) 1879
Golding, C/1427 2nd Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Goldsmith, T/577 2nd Class Staff Sergeant G. SAGS (1) 1879
Goodman, 771422 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Gordon, Deputy Commissary W C. SAGS (1) 1879
Gough, 1038 2nd Corporal S. SAGS (0)
Gould, T/1476 Private C H. SAGS (0)
Gourlay, C/1953 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Gow, C/3056 3rd Class Staff Sergeant A. SAGS (0)
Granger, T/2179 Private T. SAGS (0)
Granger, T/3261 3rd Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
Gray, T/2017 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Gray, 1229 Private E. SAGS (0)
Gray, C/1623 Private J A. SAGS (1) 1879
Grayden, T/349 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Grayland, C/1571 Private R G. SAGS (1) 1879
Green, C/3634 Lance Corporal A H. SAGS (0)
Green, T/2108 Private F. SAGS (0)
Green, T/1732 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Green, T/3298 Private W. SAGS (0)
Greenlees, T/1121 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Gribben, T/2534 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Griffin, 973 Private H. SAGS (0)
Griffin, 1318 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Griffin, T/2029 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Grundy, T/421 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Grunsell, T/3355 Private W. SAGS (0)
Guerin, C/948 Private P J. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Gunner, T/2278 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Guvite, 1289 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Hall, T/1369 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Hall, T/221 3rd Class Staff Sergeant S. SAGS (1) 1879
Halls, T/1397 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Hambridge, C/1133 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Hamilton, C/980 Private J. SAGS (0)
Hammerstone, 1159 Private H. SAGS (0)
Hampton, T/1299 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Hanson, T/1725 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Hanvey, T/1220 Private B. SAGS (1) 1879
Harbinson, C/1955 Lance Corporal W J. SAGS (0)
Harding, ]1290 Private W. SAGS (0)
Hardstone, T/1490 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Hardy, 1902 Sergeant G. SAGS (0)
Harris, Conductor G. SAGS (0)
Harris, T/54 Private G. SAGS (0)
Harris, 1116 Private J. SAGS (0)
Harrison, C/1504 Private C J. SAGS (0)
Harrison, 1140 Private H. SAGS (0)
Hartgrove, C/3221 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Harvey, T/2265 Private A. SAGS (0)
Harvey, T/1574 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Harvey, T/1517 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Hawkins, T/2757 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Hawkins, T/1720 Private G J. SAGS (1) 1879
Hayman, 3223 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Hayter, T/481 Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Hayward, T/338 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Heaney, C/2752 3rd Class Staff Sergeant R. SAGS (0)
Hearn, T/948 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Hearsey, T/1839 Corporal J. SAGS (0)
Heartfield, 771357 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Hedger, 773519 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Hedley, 771094 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Hellyer, T/2371 2nd Class Staff Sergeant H. SAGS (0)
Henderson, C/3410 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Henman, T/3572 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Hennson, 1123 Private G. SAGS (0)
Herbert, 1372 Private S. SAGS (0)
Heron, Assistant Commissary T. SAGS (1) 1879
Hewish, C/1155 1st Class Staff Sergeant C. SAGS (1) 1879
Hewlett, Conductor A. SAGS (1) 1879
Hewson, C/1909 Private H J. SAGS (0)
Hibberd, C/1448 2nd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Hibbert, C/1084 Sergeant F W. SAGS (0)
Hickman, T/2397 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Hicks, Transport Officer G. SAGS (1) 1879. Medal returned
Hicks, T/1414 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Higgins, T/1061 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Higgs, T/2382 Private D. SAGS (1) 1879
Hill, T/1554 Private A J. SAGS (1) 1879
Hill, T/2034 Private C. SAGS (0)
Hill, T/332 3rd Class Staff Sergeant H. SAGS (1) 1879
Hill, T/1456 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Hill, T/1706 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Hill, T/1493 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Hill, T/1705 Private J. SAGS (0)
Hillier, Deputy Commissary H. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Hillsdon, T/1460 Private J. SAGS (0)
Hinson, T/1726 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Hinton, C/2465 Sergeant E. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Hiscock, T/122 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Hiscocks, T/2145 3rd Class Staff Sergeant S. SAGS (1) 1879
Hobbs, Assistant Commissary G R. SAGS (0)
Hoctop, T/2887 Corporal T. SAGS (1) 1879
Hodge, T/1162 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Hodgkins, C/1207 3rd Class Staff Sergeant G F. SAGS (1) 1879
Hogan, 2604 Private M. SAGS (1) 1879
Hogan, 1570 Private M F. SAGS (1) 1879
Hollick, T/3568 Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Holloway, T/2019 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Hollowed, T/1530 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Holmes, T/3090 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Hood, 1065 Private E. SAGS (0)
Hopkins, T/691 2nd Class Staff Sergeant H M. SAGS (0)
Horley, C/1406 Lance Corporal J T. SAGS (0)
Hornblower, C/2760 Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Horohan, C/1235 Lance Corporal H. SAGS (0)
Houghton, T/1080 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Howard, C/3417 Lance Corporal F. SAGS (0)
Howard, 1395 Private H. SAGS (0)
Howe, T/2312 3rd Class Staff Sergeant C F. SAGS (1) 1879
Howe, T/3247 Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Howes, 2610 Private B. SAGS (1) 1879
Howes, T/3177 3rd Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Howgill, T/2344 Lance Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
Howlett, 1142 Private G. SAGS (0)
Hubbard, T/3244 Sergeant D. SAGS (0)
Hudson, 1106 Private W. SAGS (0)
Hughes, T/2675 Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Hunkittrick, C/1593 Lance Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Hunt, C/1026 Private R. SAGS (0)
Hunt, Assistant Commissary R P. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Hunt, T/1610 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Hunter, C/1387 Corporal H. SAGS (0)
Hunter, 172539 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Hurley, 171740 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Hutchings, 171629 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Hutchins, T/2065 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Ingle, 2605 Sergeant G. SAGS (0)
Inwood, T/2282 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Ivatts, T/3485 Corporal T. SAGS (0)
Ives, 1379 Private W. SAGS (0)
Ivory, C/1434 2nd Corporal H J. SAGS (0)
Jackson, 171509 Private A T. SAGS (1) 1879
Jackson, C/3164 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Jackson, T/503 Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Jacques, T/1599 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
James, 1186 Private C. SAGS (0)
James, T/1531 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
James, T/2693 Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
James, T/2066 2nd Class Staff Sergeant R. SAGS (0)
Jarvis, C/2691 Private G. SAGS (0)
Jarvis, 1153 Private R. SAGS (0)
Jebb, C/1479 1st Class Staff Sergeant J G. SAGS (1) 1879
Jenkins, T/2067 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Johns, T/2816 Private J. SAGS (0)
Johnson, 2488 3rd Class Staff Sergeant C. SAGS (1) 1878-9
Johnson, T/952 Lance Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Johnson, C/3633 Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Johnson, 1690 Sub Assistant Commissary W. SAGS (0)
Johnson, T/2343 Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Jones, 942 2nd Corporal E. SAGS (0)
Jones, 1041 1st Corporal H. SAGS (0)
Jones, T/1955 Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Keane, T/1733 Private T. SAGS (0)
Kearns, T/941 Sergeant T J. SAGS (1) 1879
Keen, T/3262 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Kelly, C/1923 Private D. SAGS (1) 1879
Kelly, T/1881 Corporal E. SAGS (1) 1879
Kelly, T/2266 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Kelly, 965 Private M. SAGS (0)
Kelly, C/951 Sergeant W J. SAGS (0)
Kennedy, C/1844 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Kent, C/1467 Private W J. SAGS (1) 1879
Key, T/2069 Private S. SAGS (1) 1879
Kilroy, T/1660 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Kimber, T/3516 Company Sergeant Major J. SAGS (1) 1879
Kimplon, 171755 Private F. SAGS (0)
King, T/2272 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
King, 1160 Private J. SAGS (0)
King, T/1370 Corporal W W. SAGS (1) 1879
Kinsella, T/984 Private A. SAGS (0)
Kirby, Head Conductor F. SAGS (1) 1879
Kitchen, T/1542 Private G A. SAGS (1) 1879
Knight, T/1728 Private E A. SAGS (1) 1879
Last, T/3472 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Lathey, C/1514 Sergeant G. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Law, T/1536 Private F J. SAGS (1) 1879
Leahy, C/1840 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Leahy, 17133 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Lee, T/1630 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Lee, 1132 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J S. SAGS (1) 1879
Leggate, T/1250 Private R J. SAGS (1) 1879
Leggett, T/1713 Private T F. SAGS (1) 1879
Leslie, C/1975 Private A. SAGS (0)
Leslter, T/1375 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Lewis, T/3478 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Lewis, T/1516 Private D W. SAGS (1) 1879
Lingfield, 1535 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Lisney, T/1290 Lance Corporal W. SAGS (0)
Liston, C/956 Private D. SAGS (1) 1879
Litson, T/1794 Private W. SAGS (0)
Loader, C/3330 Private G. SAGS (0)
Loader, 1570 Private H. SAGS (0)
Long, T/1248 Private G. SAGS (0)
Longbotham, Conductor J. SAGS (0)
Lorimer, T/2072 Private R. SAGS (0)
Lovell, 172185 Private W. SAGS (0)
Lovett, 172024 Private E A. SAGS (1) 1879
Lowe, 1089 2nd Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Lucas, 171987 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Lunn, T/197 Colour Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Lusher, 171763 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Lynn, 1310 Private S. SAGS (0)
Mack, 171099 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Magall, 1117 Private ? R. SAGS (1) 1879
Magall, Private R J. SAGS (1) 1879
Maile, C/1201 Private W. SAGS (0)
Mainwaring, T/1354 2nd Corporal W H. SAGS (0)
Mallage, C/1112 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Mann, T/1714 Private W J. SAGS (1) 1879
Manning, 171735 Private F. SAGS (0)
Mannings, C/2875 2nd Corporal G. SAGS (1) 1879
March, Commissary G E. SAGS (1) 1879
March, T/1953 Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Markwell, Assistant Commissary E E. SAGS (0)
Marshall, T/1419 Lance Corporal H F. SAGS (1) 1879
Marshall, 171356 Private W R. SAGS (1) 1879
Mason, T/2827 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Mathews, 1703 Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Mathieson, 771687 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
May, 171321 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
May, T/569 3rd Class Staff Sergeant F. SAGS (0)
May, T/3292 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Maye, 1237 Private J. SAGS (0)
Maynard, 1/201 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Mayne, 1282 Private W. SAGS (0)
Mayo, 171999 Corporal H. SAGS (1) 1879
McAllister, C/3283 Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
McBride, T/959 Lance Sergeant T. SAGS (0)
McCann, T/1923 Bugler W. SAGS (0)
McCauley, 1st Class Staff Sergeant T. SAGS (1) 1877-8
McCormack, T/1423 Private F R. SAGS (1) 1879
McCormick, C/1700 Bugler W. SAGS (0)
McGonagil, C/3131 1st Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
McInnes, C/1983 3rd Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
McKenzie, 3276 Lance Sergeant G. SAGS (0)
McKenzie, T/1592 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
McLean, 1210 Lance Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
McLemon, C/2665 3rd Class Staff Sergeant E. SAGS (1) 1879
McMahon, T/3434 Corporal T J. SAGS (1) 1879
McManus, T/1047 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Mead, T/1466 Private S. SAGS (1) 1879
Messer, T/1140 Private H M. SAGS (1) 1879
Mew, T/1871 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Millard, T/1457 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Millard, T/987 Private W. SAGS (0)
Mills, T/1502 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Mills, T/1717 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Mills, C/1914 Private W J. SAGS (1) 1879
Mitchell, T/2821 Private E. SAGS (0)
Mitchell, T/1258 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Mittens, Civil Conductor G. SAGS (1) 1879
Montague, 994 Private E L. SAGS (1) 1879
Montgomery, C/1656 Private W C. SAGS (1) 1879
Moors, Commissary H P. SAGS (0)
Morley, T/2285 Colour Sergeant G. SAGS (1) 1879
Morley, 1137 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Morris, T/199 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Morse, 1156 Private C. SAGS (0)
Morton, T/1421 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Moss, T/677 Private J W. SAGS (1) 1879
Moss, C/1215 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Mulcahy, Assistant Commissary F E. SAGS (0)
Mulholland, T/2500 Sergeant J H. SAGS (0)
Mulkern, T/1571 Private W F. SAGS (1) 1879
Mundy, 1234 Private W. SAGS (0)
Murphy, T/1155 2nd Corporal H. SAGS (0)
Murray, T/1513 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Myers, T/1645 Private J. SAGS (0)
Neal, T/1439 Private D. SAGS (0)
Nealis, T/2823 Private L. SAGS (1) 1879
Nelson, C/2014 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Nevill, T/3487 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Newby, T/1721 Private R D. SAGS (1) 1879
Newton, T/3460 Sergeant C. SAGS (1) 1879. Medal returned
Niblett, T/1118 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Nice, T/1712 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Nicholls, T/2914 Private A. SAGS (0)
Nicholls, T/352 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Nicholls, T/1185 Colour Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Nichols, T/1347 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Nichols, T/1362 Private P. SAGS (1) 1879
Nicol, C/1305 Corporal A. SAGS (0)
Noel, T/964 Private T E. SAGS (0)
Norman, T/944 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Norris, T/1037 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Norton, Acting Commissariat Officer R A. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Norton, T/3171 Private T. SAGS (0)
O’Bryan, T/355 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
O’Callaghan, T/1485 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
O’Hanlon, T/2091 Private B. SAGS (1) 1879
O’Reilly, T/1904 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Offord, T/596 Corporal J P. SAGS (1) 1879
Oldfield, 3594 Private J B. SAGS (0)
Organ, T/3461 Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Ormes, T/3488 Corporal A. SAGS (1) 1879
Orr, T/1302 Bugler C T. SAGS (0)
Osbourn, T/2408 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Ovington, C/1875 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Owers, T/1033 Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Page, C/1563 Private H J. SAGS (1) 1879
Page, T/2400 Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Painter, T/1447 Private J. SAGS (0)
Palmer, T/1316 Corporal A. SAGS (0)
Palmer, T/2892 Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Palmer, T/1920 Private J W. SAGS (0)
Pamenter, T/1737 Private C W. SAGS (1) 1879
Pank, 2579 3rd Class Staff Sergeant R. SAGS (1) ?
Parker, T/1501 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Parker, T/2196 Corporal H. SAGS (1) 1879
Parson, T/1525 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Parsons, 1647 Private J. SAGS (0)
Parsons, T/1388 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Paton, 1074 Private G. SAGS (0)
Payne, C/1646 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Pearson, C/1311 Sergeant A. SAGS (1) 1879
Peathers, C/2786 Sergeant T H. SAGS (0)
Pender, T/3539 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Penny, T/3479 Private T. SAGS (0)
Penton, C/1149 Lance Corporal E. SAGS (0)
Perryer, T/1628 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Perryman, T/1463 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Petty, C/2631 Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Petuntze, Conductor J. SAGS (1) 1879
Phillips, T/3088 Corporal W M. SAGS (1) 1879
Phillmore, Deputy Commissary S T. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Philpott, C/1299 Private S H. SAGS (0). Medal returned
Pike, T/1605 Private T A. SAGS (1) 1879
Pilcher, C/2490 Sergeant C. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Piper, 1357 Private E. SAGS (0)
Pittard, T/1606 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Plant, T/1560 Private C A. SAGS (0)
Plummer, 2738 2nd Corporal W. SAGS (0)
Pointer, C/3383 Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Pollard, T/3269 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Pooley, ? Temporary Clerk . SAGS (1) 1879
Pott, T/297 Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Potter, *T/540 Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Pountney, T/2413 Bugler F. SAGS (0)
Powell, T/2947 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Poynter, C/1385 Private G S. SAGS (0)
Pratt, T/1426 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Prestridge, T/1673 Private S. SAGS (1) 1879
Pritchard, T/2654 Corporal J J. SAGS (1) 1879
Pritchett, T/1252 Private H C. SAGS (0)
Punter, T/1039 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Purkiss, T/1180 2nd Corporal B. SAGS (0)
Purnell, T/1921 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Purnell, T/1161 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Purvey, T/1777 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Purvey, T/1317 Private J. SAGS (0)
Purvey, T/1050 2nd Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Pyne, 773070 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Quick, T/3569 Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Quinton, 171484 Private C H. SAGS (1) 1879
Ratcliffe, T/2307 Private J. SAGS (0). Medal returned
Rawlings, C/2925 2nd Corporal W. SAGS (0)
Read, C/2820 Private D. SAGS (0)
Reeves, T/622 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Reid, T/1116 Sergeant A. SAGS (0)
Reigate, T2149 Sergeant A. SAGS (0)
Relfe, 1154 Private H. SAGS (0)
Reynolds, T/2369 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Rice, C/1536 Lance Corporal C W. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Rich, 1398 Private F. SAGS (0)
Ricketts, T/3082 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Ricketts, T/1068 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Riddle, T/1857 Lance Corporal G. SAGS (1) 1879
Riddle, T/1021 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Ridge, T/1709 Private W R. SAGS (1) 1879
Rivett, T/1764 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Roberts, T/1565 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Roberts, T/2381 Private W T. SAGS (0)
Robertson, C/1814 Private J. SAGS (0)
Robertson, C/1714 Private J J. SAGS (0). Medal returned
Robinson, C/3437 Sergeant H. SAGS (0)
Robinson, 3226 Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Robinson, 1393 Private T B. SAGS (0)
Rodgman, T/1134 Corporal E. SAGS (1) 1879
Rogers, T/1952 3rd Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
Rollings, C/1223 Sergeant W E. SAGS (1) 1879
Rooke, 1136 Lance Corporal J. SAGS (0)
Rush, T/1487 Private J. SAGS (0)
Russell, T/3086 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Russell, 1131 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Rydon, T/1247 Private G R. SAGS (1) 1879
Sadler, Assistant Commissary A. SAGS (0)
Salmon, T/2402 Corporal G. SAGS (1) 1879
Salter, 7765 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Salter, 1724 2nd Class Staff Sergeant G. SAGS (0)
Salway, T/209 Lance Corporal L. SAGS (1) 1879
Sampson, T/1127 Private J. SAGS (0)
Sanders, T/1085 Sergeant F. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Sanderson, 1950 Corporal J. SAGS (0)
Saul, 1339 Private W H. SAGS (0)
Saunders, 1025 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Saunders, 1576 2nd Corporal J. SAGS (0)
Savage, 771200 Private A J. SAGS (1) 1879
Saveli, T/2360 Corporal C. SAGS (0)
Savigar, T/1262 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Saville, 171507 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Saxby, 172664 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Scanlan, T/1626 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Scanlan, 771612 Private M. SAGS (1) 1879
Scott, 1647 Sergeant G. SAGS (0)
Scriven, 771980 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Scudmore, T/2365 3rd Class Staff Sergeant T. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Searle, 1350 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Sears, C/1702 Private W. SAGS (0)
Seghers, T/1615 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Sewell, T/1758 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Shannon, 773391 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Sharp, 772 4 26 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Sharpe, C/2478 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J L. SAGS (1) 1879
Shaughnessy, C/1698 2nd Corporal M. SAGS (0)
Shellis, T/2374 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Shelliss, T/3631 Private W. SAGS (0)
Shelton, 171951 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Shepheard, T/965 Sergeant R W. SAGS (1) 1879
Shepherd, T/1243 Private D. SAGS (1) 1879
Shepherd, C/1473 Lance Corporal H J. SAGS (0)
Shortland, T/2812 Private A. SAGS (0)
Shotton, 1749 Sergeant P. SAGS (0)
Sidwell, T/1429 Private S. SAGS (0)
Simmonds, T/1305 Colour Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Simons, 1155 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Simpson, T/1724 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Skehan, C/3187 Private T. SAGS (0)
Skelding, C/2464 Private W H. SAGS (0)
Skinner, T/2405 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Skinner, 1213 Private W. SAGS (0)
Skuse, T/949 Corporal T. SAGS (1) 1879
Slingsby, T/1470 Private H G. SAGS (1) 1879
Slymey, 3278 Private J. SAGS (0)
Smart, T/544 Corporal R. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, T/1146 Private A. SAGS (0)
Smith, T/2080 Private A. SAGS (0)
Smith, C/1824 Lance Corporal A J. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Smith, T/1219 Private B T. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, T/1084 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, T/1291 Private C H. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, 1288 2nd Corporal E. SAGS (0)
Smith, C/1750 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, C/1683 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, T/1065 Sergeant G F. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, C/2639 Sergeant H. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, T/1187 Corporal H. SAGS (0)
Smith, T/1739 Private J. SAGS (0)
Smith, T/2352 Private J. SAGS (0)
Smith, T/2411 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, T/1364 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, T/1500 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, C/1720 Private S. SAGS (0)
Smith, T/1635 Private S. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, T/1350 Private S. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, C/1328 2nd Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Soane, C/1912 2nd Corporal G. SAGS (1) 1879
Sparke, C/1591 Private P R. SAGS (1) 1879
Sparke, T/1723 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Sparks, Sub Assistant Commissary G. SAGS (1) 1879
Spence, 1442 Private A. SAGS (0)
Spencer, T/2102 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Spencer, T/1361 Private J. SAGS (0)
Spencer, 2610 Private S. SAGS (0)
Spragg, T/1104 Corporal A C. SAGS (1) 1879
Spraggon, T/1345 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Staff, C/1866 Private F W. SAGS (0)
Stanley, T/3578 Private D. SAGS (1) 1879
Staples, 1302 Private W A. SAGS (1) 1879
Steedman, 772800 Private W. SAGS (0)
Steevens, Assistant Commissary J. SAGS (1) 1879
Stephens, C/2015 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Stephens, T/2718 Sergeant H. SAGS (1) 1879
Stewart, T/2689 Corporal W A. SAGS (0)
Stocker, T/967 Colour Sergeant G. SAGS (1) 1879
Stokes, T/1480 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Stone, 1091 Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Stone, Private R. SAGS (1) 1879
Strong, T/801 3rd Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
Stroud, 771385 Private J. SAGS (0)
Struben, Transport Officer F. SAGS (1) 1879. Medal returned
Styles, C/3348 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Sullivan, 1060 Private J. SAGS (0)
Sullivan, T/1326 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Sullivan, T/106 3rd Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Summers, T/991 Corporal C M. SAGS (1) 1879
Summers, T/1048 Lance Corporal T. SAGS (1) 1879
Sussams, 1150 Private W. SAGS (0)
Sutton, C/955 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Swaffield, 771148 Private A. SAGS (0)
Swaffield, T/1957 Sergeant H J. SAGS (1) 1879
Sweeney, 3427 Sergeant A. SAGS (0)
Symes, 77256 Private J. SAGS (0)
Symes, T/1636 Private J J. SAGS (1) 1879
Symons, 771139 Private S. SAGS (0)
Talbut, 771711 Private R H. SAGS (0)
Tanner, 771569 Private A W. SAGS (1) 1879
Tanner, T/1497 Lance Corporal F. SAGS (1) 1879
Tasker, 772560 Private D. SAGS (0)
Tate, C/2001 2nd Corporal G. SAGS (1) 1879
Taylor, 771160 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Taylor, 1355 Private F. SAGS (0)
Taylor, C/1599 2nd Corporal H. SAGS (0)
Taylor, C/2017 Lance Corporal H. SAGS (0). Medal returned
Taylor, C/1873 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Taylor, 77951 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Taylor, T/210 Colour Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
Theobalds, C/2459 1st Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
Thomas, C/3397 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Thompson, 771352 Private H. SAGS (0)
Thompson, T/874 Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
Thorpe, C/2454 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Tims, Conductor F. SAGS (0)
Tims, T/2983 Private S. SAGS (1) 1879
Tisdale, 771915 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Tree, T/2301 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Tribbeck, T/622 3rd Class Staff Sergeant H C. SAGS (1) 1879
Tribilcock, 1090 Private E. SAGS (1) 1879
Tritton, 3544 Private G. SAGS (0)
Tull, C/1562 Corporal F K. SAGS (0)
Turner, 1371 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Turner, T/383 3rd Class Staff Sergeant E. SAGS (0)
Turner, T/2855 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Turner, T/1657 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Turner, T/2154 2nd Corporal W. SAGS (0)
Tyrrell, T/1994 Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Underwood, 771697 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Vale, 1309 Private J. SAGS (0)
Vant, 1088 Private H. SAGS (0)
Vaughan, 1257 Private H. SAGS (0)
Vaughan, T/2192 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Vickery, 172168 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Vine, T/2790 3rd Class Staff Sergeant H. SAGS (0)
Wade, C/1826 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Wainwright, Assistant Commissary E C. SAGS (1) 1879
Waknell, T/1661 Private W R. SAGS (1) 1879
Waldock, 773178 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Walford, 773255 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Wallace, C/2840 3rd Class Staff Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1879
Waller, 1390 Private J W B. SAGS (0)
Waller, 1463 Private S. SAGS (0)
Waller, 1801 Private W. SAGS (0)
Walround, Conductor G. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Walter, 112777 Sergeant V B. SAGS (1) 1879
Ward, C/1915 Private C H. SAGS (1) 1879
Ward, 1049 Private C J. SAGS (0)
Ward, 772113 Private F W. SAGS (1) 1879
Ward, 17365 Private P. SAGS (1) 1879
Ward, Civil Conductor W M. SAGS (1) 1879
Warnes, 1031 Conductor T J. SAGS (0)
Watkins, 77600 Private T. SAGS (0)
Watson, C/1523 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Watson, 2924 Private J. SAGS (0)
Watson, T/1911 3rd Class Staff Sergeant T. SAGS (0)
Watson, T/1298 Company Sergeant Major W. SAGS (1) 1879
Wearne, 771230 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Webb, 1166 Private A. SAGS (0)
Webb, T/1251 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Webb, T/2392 Private D. SAGS (1) 1879
Webb, T/2407 Corporal G. SAGS (1) 1879
Webb, T/1727 Private H W. SAGS (1) 1879
Webb, 772808 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Webster, T/2919 2nd Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879
Welch, C/1534 2nd Corporal A. SAGS (1) 1879
Weller, 1228 Private H. SAGS (0)
Westfoot, T/1688 Private T G. SAGS (1) 1879
Weston, T/1051 Private C W. SAGS (0)
Weston, 772124 Private H. SAGS (1) 1879
Weston, T/711 Sergeant O. SAGS (1) 1879
Whatley, 1145 Private T. SAGS (1) 1879
Wheeler, 771117 Private G. SAGS (0)
Wheeler, 3308 Sergeant W. SAGS (1) 1878
White, 1122 Private C. SAGS (0)
White, C/2420 Private H H. SAGS (1) 1879
White, T/3570 Company Sergeant Major J. SAGS (1) 1879
White, T/1238 2nd Corporal W. SAGS (0)
Whitehead, T/2340 Private H. SAGS (0)
Whitehead, 771693 Private P. SAGS (0)
Whitmore, T/2995 Lance Corporal R. SAGS (1) 1879
Whittington, Civil Conductor J. SAGS (1) 1879
Wickham, Acting Transport Officer E. SAGS (1) 1879
Wilcock, 77260 Private J. SAGS (0)
Wilkinson, C/2844 Private C. SAGS (0)
Wilkinson, 772033 Private F. SAGS (0)
Williams, C/1297 2nd Corporal C. SAGS (0)
Williams, 773787 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Williams, 771154 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Williams, 771756 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Williams, 771405 Private L C. SAGS (1) 1879
Williams, T/3489 Sergeant W. SAGS (0)
Willis, 771442 Private A. SAGS (1) 1879
Willis, 771231 Private C. SAGS (1) 1879
Willis, T/2784 Private D. SAGS (1) 1879
Wilson, T/1309 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Wilson, 771058 Private G. SAGS (1) 1879
Wilson, 771174 Private G. SAGS (0)
Wilson, T/2361 3rd Class Staff Sergeant J. SAGS (0)
Wiltshire, 771272 Private F. SAGS (1) 1879
Windett, T/1373 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Wing, 771260 Private W. SAGS (0)
Wisby, 771556 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879. Medal returned
Wood, 1175 Private C. SAGS (0)
Wood, 771576 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Woodman, T/2211 Private J. SAGS (1) 1879
Worthington, Private A. SAGS (0)
Wright, T/3141 Corporal A. SAGS (1) 1879
Wright, T/1538 Private H W. SAGS (1) 1879
Wright, Deputy Commissary General W F. SAGS (1) 1879
Wyon, Deputy Commissary H T. SAGS (0)
Yates, T/1524 Private W. SAGS (1) 1879
Young, Private E. SAGS (0)
Young, T/1800 Private F G. SAGS (1) 1879
Young, T/217 Private S. SAGS (1) 1879

I've looked at the nominal roll for the Imperial Light Infantry, and don't see a Richardson. Is it because he was transferred from the Border Regiment that his name doesn't appear there?

……Sergeant-Instructor Richardson, of the Natal Imperial Light Infantry, and late of the 1st Border Regiment,…...writes from Estcourt under the date of January 4, and says: -
…...It is with a feeling of deepest pleasure I am writing these few lines, thanking you most kindly for the paper which I received quite unexpectedly this morning. I can assure you it came to me like the Waverley pen, 'as a boon and blessing to men.' My name was the second on the list as Lanc.-Corpl. Richardson, Border Regiment. I did belong to that regiment, but I am now transferred as Sergt.-Instructor of Musketry to the Imperial Light Infantry. This regiment is, of course, a Colonial Volunteer one, raised at Durban, under Col. Nash, of the Border Regiment. The Adjutant, Lieut. Jackson, also belongs to the same corps. The second lieutenant in command is Major Hay, late of the 42nd Black Watch. The remainder of the officers are all old Volunteers, mostly wearing the Matabele and Mashonaland medals. One of the officers, Lieut. Brown, has served for a time in the 1st Volunteer Battalion, the Border Regiment. He served in the "I" Company, Alston, before coming out here.
…...Perhaps it will surprise you to hear that we have more Cumberland and Westmorland men out here in this colonial corps, viz., Sergt. Little, a native of Keswick; Sergt. Mathers, a native of Clifton (his aunt, Miss Jennings, lives in Crown-square, Penrith); Pvt. Thompson, who served his apprenticeship with Mr. Fergus Elliott, tailor, Castle-gate, Penrith; Private McAvoy, Cleator Moor (half brother of Sergt. Mather); and four more Cleator lads.
…...I shall attempt to describe the composition of the regiment. We are 962 strong, and are at present on the lines of communication, guarding the railway. This place, Estcourt, is very important as it is only a few miles from Frere and Chieveley, where 20,000 men, comprising two brigades, are encamped. Here we are 10,000 strong, forming Sir Charles Warren's brigade (the fifth), and our part of the action will be the cutting off of the enemy, after the relief of Ladysmith, preventing them from reaching Pretoria. So by the time this reaches "Peerith," we expect to have command of Pretoria ourselves. Troops are arriving here by thousands. To-day, the Canadians, and two batteries of artillery, arrived, the pair of them being received with deafening cheers. Our camp consists of three Lancashire regiments; also Middlesex, Dorset, York, and Lancasters, Somerset Light Infantry; 61st Howitzer Battery, Royal Artillery; 4th Mountain Battery, R.A.; the Natal Field Artillery; and the Imperial Light Infantry...…"

Mid-Cumberland and North Westmorland Herald, Saturday 3rd February 1900


Richardson was also mentioned in a letter home to Penrith, from Private T. Thompson, whose South African address was given as Simpson and Co., West Street, Durban.

……Private Thompson, of the Natal Imperial Light Infantry, writing from Estcourt Camp, on December 21, in a letter to his wife, Mrs. Thompson, Wilson's-row, Penrith, says: We are about seven miles from the front, and can hear the fighting every day. We have to sleep with our belts and bandoliers on and our guns by our side, and I have not had my clothes off for a week. I have just come off doing 24 hours' guard, and I am warned for all night to-night on the hills. I have had all the skin burned off my face by the sun. It is painfully hot here just now...……...We are having very hard work to do now - out every day about 16 miles over the hills, so I have not much time to write. There is a sergeant from the Border Regiment called Richardson attached to us, and he used to work for Jno. Horn, blacksmith, Pooley Bridge...……...Excuse pencil - we can't get ink.

Mid-Cumberland and North Westmorland Herald, Saturday 20th January 1900

The Todd family gravestone in Penrith Cemetery.




Soulby is a hamlet, close to Pooley Bridge, at the northern end of Ullswater.
www.thecumbriadirectory.com/Town_or_Vill...own=soulby_(penrith)

deacs also added a photo of this gravestone.
www.angloboerwar.com/forum/17-memorials-...erland?start=6#63112

In St. Peter's Church, Burnley.







TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND
MEN OF THE EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT WHO
LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
1900-1902. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY FRIENDS
OF THE REGIMENT IN EAST LANCASHIRE, 1908.

1st Battalion
Major L.L. Pile
Major H.M. Brown
Captain L. Head
Lieutenant L.O.T. Baines
Lieutenant R. Forrester
Second Lieutenant B.J. Tyndall Staines
Colour Sergeant C.E. Blake
Sergeant W. Beeson
Sergeant D. Smith
Corporal E. Carey
Corporal H. Hampton
Corporal J. Manwaring
Corporal J. Price
Lance Corporal D. Blake
Lance Corporal J. Donnelly
Lance Corporal J. Fitzgerald
Private T. Ball
Private J. Banberry
Private W. Birtwistle
Private G. Bowden
Private W. Brown
Private J. Brunton
Private P. Caldwell

Private C. Coleman
Private S. Coupe
Private W. Crane
Private J. Day
Private L. Dickenson
Private P. Dixon
Private T. Dooley
Private F. Gannon
Private T. Gormley
Private W. Gray
Private T. Green
Private W. Grainger
Private H. Hall
Private W. Heatley
Private T. Hindle
Private J. Holland
Private F. F. James
Private L. Kammerer
Private J. Kane
Private W. Kelly
Private J. Lang
Private A. Levine
Private J. Mills

Private W. Mitchell
Private C. O'Neill
Private M. O'Reilly
Private E. Padden
Private T. Parkinson
Private H. Pemberton
Private J. Pickering
Private J. Pooley
Private T. Reeves
Private W. Robinson
Private L. Rogers
Private A. Rowley
Private D. Ryan
Private S. Saunders
Private S. Savage
Private W. Shorrocks
Private W. Smith
Private G. Styles
Private J. Taylor
Private W. Tracey
Private W. Ward
Private R. Wardley
Private R. Woods



3rd Battalion
Colour Sergeant G. Woods
Sergeant J. Lishman
Corporal W. Glaney - should read Glancey
Lance Corporal J. Lord
Private J. Bannon
Private J. Brown
Private R. Burns
Private H. Beattie
Private P. Biggins
Private T. Carney
Private J. Clarkson
Private J. Clough
Private J. H. Davis
Private J. Dixon
Private J. Eccles
Private J. Fowler
Private J. Gaskell

Private T. H. Greenwood
Private A. Green
Private P. Giblin
Private J. Hargreaves
Private J. Hargreaves
Private W. Hargreaves
Private W. Harrison
Private E. Higson
Private D. Jones
Private J. Kelly
Private J. Kenyon
Private M. Leeming
Private S. Mack
Private T. Marsh
Private J. McLoughlin
Private J. Newsome
Private W. Openshaw

Private J. Oldfield
Private M. O'Boyle
Private F. Payne
Private B. Prior
Private M. Quigley
Private J. Sisson
Private A. Smith
Private J. Smith
Private T. Smith
Private R. Stones
Private J. Thompson
Private R. Thompson
Private H. Westall
Private J. Warburton
Private E. Williams
Private W. Wilson

1st Volunteer Battalion
Private J. F. Pomfret

2nd Volunteer Battalion
Lieutenant P. S. Parker
Private F. Chew
Private J. Kershaw
Private J. Wilkinson

Hello Bilko......

I cannot find him in the DCM list but this is what is in FMP.......

First name(s) G H
Last name White
Service number 202
Rank Private
Regiment 5 Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Other regiments/units Unit: 5 Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Rank: Private, Number: 202
Notes [Fogg] [Roe] [South African Field Force. JB Hayward & Sons] Number 302
Event detail - Killed on 27/09/1901 at Mokari Drift (Official casualty roll location: Mokaris Drift)
Event unit - 5 Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Event source - SAFF Gazetteer

[3026: 3002-2650] a drift across the Caledon River named from a farm in the Orange Free State (Wepener district; Free State), 35 km north-east of Smithfield. Variant: Mokaris Drift (CR) A small patrol found by the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen from one of Brig-Gen H.C.O. Plumer's columns followed a commando along the the left bank of the river for three days before being attacked on 27 September 1901. After a sharp skirmish on the opposite bank the commando was was eventually driven from several koppies, but at a cost of 18 British casualties including two officers killed, Lt A.E. Pooley and Lt L.E. Caskey. HMG IV p.320 (map no.64); Stirling (1907) pp.446-447.


Mike

I have covered in some detail the events pertaining to the White Flag incident and the supposed lynching of 6 Boers by the Strathcona's Horse during the Anglo Boer War of 1899 - 1902. It is my intent now to present the facts, the circumstances and within reasonable and sensible limits an all encompassing account of the incident.

During research my first revelation came when I discovered a series of letters written by Alfred Markham who was a junior officer in the 2nd Rifle Brigade from the British garrison on Crete.

These letters of Alfred Markham to his cousin Guy, written from South Africa between 1899 and 1902, were bought by a collector on an English auction sale some years ago. They were subsequently acquired by a Johannesburg dealer who, in turn, sold them to the publisher.

Early in October 1899, the British authorities expected a 'little war' in South Africa and it was thought that ten thousand soldiers would be sufficient for the defence of Natal in the event of a Boer invasion. In addition to 5500 soldiers offered him by the Indian authorities for the defence of Natal, Field Marshall, Lord Wolseley was able to 'scrape together' a further three battalions: the 1st Royal Irish from Alexandria, the 1st Border Regiment from Malta and the 2nd Rifle Brigade from the British garrison on Crete. Alfred Markham was a junior officer in the 2nd Rifle Brigade.

On October 12, the Boers invaded Natal. Eight days later, five hundred British soldiers lost their lives in the Battle of Talana Hill. On October 26, four thousand Talana survivors staggered into Ladysmith. During the last days of October, the Boer host had begun massing on the hills to the north and east of Ladysmith. On the morning of October 30, the train which carried Alfred Markham, arrived in Ladysmith.

The first letter, written over a period of one month, covers the siege. The second letter, written after the siege had been lifted, was sent from Intombi Camp, situated beside the railway four miles south-east of Ladysmith. By agreement between General White and Boer Commandant-General Joubert, the first sick and wounded had been permitted to leave Ladysmith for Intombi Camp on Sunday, November 5. It was here that Alfred Markham was treated for enteric fever before being invalided back to England.

After a period of some months' convalescence, he returned to South Africa, where he joined his company in the Eastern Transvaal. The third and fourth letters, addressed from Lydenburg and Middelburg, cover this period. It was in Middelburg that the first (unsuccessful) peace negotiations, between Lord Kitchener and General Louis Botha, took place in February 1902. Peace was finally signed in Pretoria on May 31, 1902.

As to the identity of Alfred Markham, we are unable to be emphatic. A person of that name, born June 14 1880, was appointed to the South African Constabulary on October 18, 1901. This Alfred Markham served in Transvaal for a few years before being transferred to the Orange River Colony Police.

Although brief, this material is valuable inasmuch as it illustrates the changing attitude of a junior officer toward the country to which war had brought him. Soon after
Ladysmith, Markham writes of 'this beastly war' in which he had lost several friends.

Eight months later, he again refers to 'this horrible country'. By the end of 1901, however, his outlook has brightened to the extent that he confesses: 'I think a liking for this country grows on one.' During the closing months of the war he is considering taking up farming in the Transvaal.

It was Markham's fourth letter of this series written to cousin Guy from Lydenburg, South Africa on Friday November 23rd 1900 that caught my attention and which follows in it's entirety.

Lydenburg Friday
November 23m 1900

My dear Guy

I promised to drop you a line when I had got settled down again in this horrible country. I will begin at the beginning and tell you what has occurred since leaving Southampton. The first two days were very rough and I was seasick, but soon recovered. I had a two-berth cabin with a fellow in the Inniskilling Fusiliers and was very comfortable. I spent my time playing cricket in the afternoon and piquet in the evening.

I had a run ashore at St. Vincent, an awful place; also at Cape Town which was nice. I went on to Durban, where we arrived on Wednesday, October 31st• I spent the night at the Royal Hotel; several of us patronised the theatre; it was rather amusing.

On the 1st, we left for Pietermaritzburg, where I put up at the Imperial Hotel. Next day I deposited my surplus kit, and got out my gun which I had left there; also did some shopping.

We left by the 10.20 p.m., passed Ladysmith about daylight; breakfasted at Glencoe; lunched at Volksrust; dined [at] Standerton, spending the night there in the train. Trains don't run at night in the Transvaal.

Left Standerton about 5.00 a.m., breakfasted with a detachment of our 1st Battalion at Vlaakfontein. Captains Stewart and Paget were killed near there in the train disaster. I went up after breakfast to see the little cemetery where they lie.

Just as I got back from the cemetery and was about two hundred yards from the train, it started. I took a short cut for the line and caught it, jumping on as it passed. Luckily trains don't fly in this country.

I lunched at Heidelberg and arrived about 6.30 p.m. at Pretoria. I put up at the European Hotel, run by Germans; very bad food.

Next day I explored Pretoria, lunched at the Club; I had a fair dinner at Spruyt's Hotel. Everything very expensive.

I forgot to mention that my destination was Lydenburg. I slept in my valise on the station platform, as my train to Machadodorp left at 4.00 a.m.

Trains running east consist of trucks only. I travelled in the guard's van. My camp bed added greatly to my comfort.

We spent the night at Wonderfontein. Civilisation was left behind at Pretoria. One lives on bully and bread or biscuit. I had laid in a few luxuries at Pretoria.

Next morning, the train went on to Machadodorp where I got off. I found there was a convoy going part of the way to Lydenburg, stopping at Shoeman's Kloof. It left at 4.00 p.m. As there were several details (24 R.B.; 24 Devon; 3 Manchester Regiment), I was put in command.

Our first trek was about four miles up a very stiff hill, on top of which we parked. I had to provide outposts. At 3.00 a.m. we went on to Helvetia where we rested a day.

Our next trek was to Shoeman's Kloof, about ten miles, where we had to wait three days. I tried shooting, with no luck. Saw nothing but two buck, which I could not get a shot at. One must have a dog to get partridges. Eggs, milk, potatoes and bread could be got at Shoeman's.

On Monday 12th, we went on to Badfontein in the Crocodile Valley, a very feverish district. Outposts again. Next morning, I went on to Witklip, where we rested a day. I rode a pony after Shoeman's belonging to the transport officer.

I went out shooting at Witklip. With two other fellows and a dog, we got three brace. One has to almost kick the partridges before they will get up.

After our day's rest, we went into Lydenburg. Found everything very comfortable. Quite a good mess in a Boer doctor's house, and everyone living in houses.

I found my company were occupying a hill about four miles out (Strathcona's Hill), a patrol of the above corps having been cut up there: six killed, one man escaped. They had been allowed to approach within fifty yards when the Boers opened fire. They were all shot on the ground afterwards, so it was really murder.

There are some very good stories afloat about Strathcona's Horse. They are a long way superior to all the other mounted corps. One report is that they lynched six Boers near Standerton, hanging them for the usual white-flagfarmhouse game. Just as they had finished, a staff officer came up in a towering rage and called them murderers, etc. One of the Yanks looked him up and down for some time and then said, "I guess, Stranger, there is room for another one up there". The staff officer quickly departed.

They will go anywhere. If a patrol is sniped at, they don't stop but go for the sniper. The Boers really fear them. We are very sorry we haven't got them with us here now. They are very good at looting.

I went out to Strathcona's Hill in the evening, where I spent four days. On the 20th, I came into the town again to take over the command of H.-Company, as one of our subalterns has gone down to join the Mounted Infantry at Pretoria.

I live in a house with my subaltern and am comparatively comfortable. I have a bath, table and chair - great luxuries out here. We spend all the morning at work; wire entanglements, etc. After lunch, tennis; we have a mud court. As a rule, there is a thunderstorm every afternoon about 4.00 p.m. We have polo and paperchase - the ground for the former has just been completed. I have just bought a fifteen-hand pony; I hope it will turn out well.

Lydenburg is one of the nicest towns I have seen in the Transvaal; lots of trees and well supplied with water.

The troops here are as follows: 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, 1 st Devonshire Regiment, 1 Battery (53rd), 1 Howitzer Battery, (2) five inch guns, two companies Mounted Infantry. Our Brigadier is Major-General Kitchener. He is very keen on night attacks. I have not been out on one yet; I am next on the roster. Another duty is picketing the roads for convoys arriving and leaving.

It is all rot about the War being over; this guerilla business will go on for another six months at least.

Sunday November 25th

I took my company to church this morning. We have a very inferior chaplain by name of Mr. Varrish; we use the Dutch Reform Church.

We had an eclipse of the sun here on the 22nd; it was only partial. I forgot to tell you that one of the biggest shops in Cape Town is H.W. Markham's. I bought a walking stick there.

On the 20th, we had the worst hail storm I have ever seen, stones as large as the drawing. Most of the fruit has been ruined. The fruit is just coming on here: peaches, apricots, and a few grapes. Windows were broken.

I am keeping fairly fit; I have got over one touch of dysentery. Wishing you all a happy

Christmas and New Year.

Yours ever, Alfred Markham

Strathcona's Horse - Barbaric Bravado?

Markham's comments regarding the Strathcona's Horse were based on rumours coming out of the Standerton Waterval Greylingstad corridor of operations pertaining to the White Flag events in July 1900.

These events are recorded by Prof. Carman Miller;

The battalion's baptism of fire occurred on 1 July. The previous day Lieutenant-General C.F. Clery led the 2nd Division and the 3rd Mounted Brigade to Heidelberg, about fifty miles away, to open communications and join up with Major-General A.F. Hart's 5th Brigade moving south. The second day of their march, with Strathcona's Horse as Clery's advance guard, scouts, and right flanking patrol, scouts under Lieutenants S.H. Tobin and G.H. Fitzpatrick were targeted by fire from a rocky kopje and a farmhouse nearby flying a white flag. Armed Boer patrols, unbeknownst to the farm owners, often took refuge in kraals and outbuildings of farms flying the white flag.

The men had been warned to be cautious of approaching the white flag, but when one of Kirkpatrick's men, Private Angus Jenkins, went to investigate he was fatally shot. A second man, Sergeant Herbert Nichol, who accompanied Jenkins, had his horse shot from under him. The regiment's first battle casualty was buried later that evening on Vitnek Farm, near Wachout Spruit. Other patrols had similar, though less costly, encounters that day. A Squadron's second-incommand, Captain Donald Howard, and Jonathan Hobson, whose disorderly conduct in Ottawa had almost led to his dismissal, walked into a party of Boers they mistook for Canadians, and were both captured.

The advance patrols seemed to have encountered Ben Viljoen's commando of about six hundred men, a force too large to be handled by scouts and patrols. Although Tobin's and Kirkpatrick's troops put up a stiff fight and claim to have killed at least four Boers, the commando had only been scattered. Later that evening A Squadron's outposts were attacked, and required assistance to drive off their assailants. The next day, as the brigade marched through dense fog and over rocky and hilly country to Greylingstad, B Squadron, which was on rearguard duty, fought off continual attacks. So long as the brigade remained at Greylingstad, Boer commandos harassed British outposts and patrols. But on 4 July, when the brigade moved on to Vlakfontein about eighteen miles away, the brief momentum came to an end.

For the next month and more the brigade remained at Vlakfontein, guarding the rail and extending the station's defences. During this time C Squadron, commanded by Captain Cameron during Major Laurie's absence on sick leave, was posted to Waterval to help guard the railway bridge, all the time under heavy pressure from Ben Viljoen's strongly entrenched commando. Rarely a day passed when patrols failed to report armed encounters with Boer sharpshooters testing the British defences. Perhaps the squadron's most costly encounters occurred on 16 and 30 July. Three days after the squadron reached Waterval Bridge, Corporal Benjamin Lee was killed while searching a farmhouse. The second incident was more complex, and claimed the life of Sergeant (formerty Lieutenant) Parker. On 30 July two Boers reported that a large number of their friends at a farmhouse about four miles to the north wished to surrender, but preferred the others to think that they had been taken prisoner. Since the intelligence men asked specially for Lieutenant WhiteFraser's Troop 1, White-Fraser and seventeen of his men left with two black scouts for the house flying a white flag. About "twice" that number of Boers lay concealed in the kraals and kopjes and fired on White-Fraser's troop as it approached. Certain that it was a trap, White-Fraser fell back slowly, "keeping well to the front of his men and nearer the enemy." Sergeant Parker, "a dead shot but rash," and Private F.G. Arnold, and the two black scouts, however, were well in advance of the rest. Only a few yards from the house, they "were fired upon by a strong party of the enemy concealed in a kraal not more than 25 yards away." When the Boers called upon Parker to surrender "he replied defiantly," and he and the scouts were shot dead. Severely wounded in his leg, Arnold was left on the field, until a Boer farmer took him to his house. Steele sent an ambulance the next day to carry him to the hospital at Standerton, where he died on 8 August. Meanwhile Parker was buried at Waterval, with White-Fraser reading the service. Parker's troop resented the treachery that had led to his death, and vowed vengeance. Steele shared their anger and bitterness, and felt that the British military authorities placed too much trust in the "hands-uppers" and the Boer women, whereas they were often spies and accomplices.

The circumstances surrounding the death of Corporal Lee as recorded by Miller is not accurate according to the Colonel Leckie papers. Leckie furnishes the following account of Lee's death.

It was "C" Squadron, commanded by Captain Cameron, that had been tasked to secure the Greylingstad; but they were re-tasked to secure and guard the railway bridge over the River Waterval. They were under constant attack from Viljoen's Commandos. On the 16th of July, Lieutenant Leckie's troops, while on patrol, encountered' a group of Boers who had retreated over a ridge. Two of his soldiers, Cpl. Lee and Trooper Dunn who had been left at the bridge, spotted the retreating Boers, decided to gallop after them over the ridge and get a better shot. On reaching the ridge they discovered riderless but saddled horses in a quasi hide. Too late, they discovered they had ridden into a trap for the Boers had dismounted and were in fire positions amongst the rocks. This was a common practice which was known to our soldiers. Lee was shot twice and Dunn had his horse shot which pinned him to the ground. The Boers disarmed the two men, took Lee's horse and made off. Lee lived for an hour before he passed on was heard to remark "Serves me bloody well right for being such a damn fool."

I now include my own take on the event based on my research and Leckie's account of events.

It was on the 30th July that two Boer Commando rode into the Brigade defensive position at Waterval Bridge and having contacted Brigade intelligence officer, informed him that a large number of Boer Commando would like to surrender, but that for the benefit of their comrades would want the incident to be portrayed as a capture. "C" Squadron Strathconas, highly regarded for their scouting activities at Waterval, were tasked to send out a troop to escort the Boer prisoners back to Brigade. It was Lieutenant White-Fraser's troop that were specifically requested for the task. White Fraser's troop of 18 men, flying a white flag, rode for the farm house about four miles to the South of Waterval. On approaching the house about 40 Boers, concealed in the kraals and kopjes (corals and hills) surrounding the house, fired upon the troop. Sergeant Parker, Trooper Arnold and two attached scouts were in the lead, but having overextended their covering support, found themselves within 25 yards of the Boers and thus committed. The remainder of the troop were able to re-deploy under Lt. WhiteFraser. The Boers called on Parker to surrender to which Parker replied in explicit military jargon. Parker and the two scouts were killed outright while Arnold was severely wounded having been hit by a hollow-nosed bullet and left on the battle filed to die. A farmer, however, took him into the farm. Colonel Steele sent an ambulance to transport Arnold to the hospital in Standerton the next day, wherein he died of his wounds on the 8th of August. Sergeant Parker, who had been a captain of the 56th Pompadours, The Essex Regiment, was a personal friend of Lt. White-Fraser and held in high esteem by Colonel Steele. He earned the respect of his troops and was considered an outstanding soldier and a commander. He was commonly described as a "Dead shot, but rash" - a description which would seem to me to be inadequate.

Both Steele and White-Fraser were furious over the dastardly incident and felt that the Brits placed too much value on the acts of the Boers and their women who Steele felt were no more than spies and accomplices in deceit. Parker's troop felt the anguish and treachery of his death and vowed revenge.

Sergeant Parker was initially buried at Waterval Station, but is now at rest in Standerton Garden of Remembrance where a Canadian Granite Headstone marks his grave. Friends and relatives from British Columbia have also erected a marble sarcophagus in his memory.

The white flag incident - that is the farm house flying a white flag in deception and used by the Boers in treachery - that resulted in the deaths of Sergeant Parker and Trooper Arnold, provided understandable grounds for revenge by "C" Squadron.

It has been said. It has been written. It has been insinuated by innuendo that the Strathconas had captured, court-martialled and lynched six Boers from trees surrounding the farm house. During my research I came across five very different hearsay accounts of this incident.

Colonel Leckie, in his article which appeared in the 1930 edition of the Albanian, St. Albans School, Brookville (Courtesy of Colonel J. McAvity) briefly describes the incident of Sgt. Parker's death. He goes on to say that Sergeant Parker had a dum dum (hollow noise) bullet in his pocket which he had found in a box of ammunition and that he had been warned that the Boers would shoot him if he were taken prisoner. When his body was recovered, the dum dum was laying on his chest.

Colonel Leckie, then Lieutenant Leckie of "C" Squadron goes on to say, "Later on one day my troop captured half a dozen Boers and each one carried two bandoleers, one full of ordinary bullets and one filled with soft-nose bullets. We did not shoot them though we threatened them a lot which fussed them up a bit."

The forgoing scenario would certainly provide a coincidental situation to speculate on the merit of the lynching incident. In all my research; in Standerton, in Lydenburg, and at the Boer War Museum in Bloemfontein, I was not able to come up with one single strand of proof. Steele dismissed the incident as sheer nonsense.

The lynching incident, however, does not end here. There is a second speculative account of the incident. Purported to have taken place during the brigades march north.

The following is the official account of the incident by Carman Miller in his book "Painting the Map Red". The initial account is taken from R.P. Rooke's "Reminiscences: 1908".

"As Steel's regiment rode towards Twyfelaar, an incident reportedly occurred which has haunted the Strathcona's history, and has given "all the Canadian mounted troops a rather sinister name throughout the country afterwards." Although used to reflect adversely upon Steele's command, the most complete story comes from R.P. Rooke's reminiscences, who was not a Steele detractor. According to Rooke, shortly after the column passed Carolina, while the South African Light Horse and some Canadian troops were doing advance duty, a party of South African Light Horse scouts spotted the farmhouse flying a white flag in the valley below. The scouts approached the house without taking special precautions and were fired upon from within a few hundred yards of the house. A sergeant and one of the two men were shot down. The Canadian troop that witnessed the shooting "immediately spread out and riding hard down into the alley on each side of the farm surrounded it before the enemy scouts who had done the shooting were able to get away. Six men were captured and "a court martial was held by the Canadian troop and the remaining scouts of the South African Light Horse, which "sentenced the supposed offenders to be hung and proceeded to carry out the sentence on some trees that stood by the farm house." At this point the brigade's provost marshal and his bodyguard arrived and placed the executioners under arrest. Later brought before General Buller, they were let off with severe reprimands for taking the law into their own hands. While Rook had "no definite proof that the incident actually happened as related," he was "riding in the same line within a mile or two" and had no difficulty believing it, owing to the character of the troop concerned, "a B.C. troop largely composed of miners, lumbermen, etc." Another version of the story which appeared as "an article in the papers which circulated over the civilized world" suggested that "When a staff officer interfered "the men threatened to lynch him." Steele himself cfismissed the story as sheer nonsense. The regiment's Diary, however, states clearly that the South African Light Horse was fired upon from a house flying a white flag on the south bank of the Komati River, and that the house was burnt before the brigade crossed the river and bivouacked on the north bank. More than that the official record does not say.

Once again no proof or substantiation of the foregoing incident. This second incident is more incredulous than the Standerton incident and is based on the perceived rough, tough, hard-hitting reputation of the Strathcona's rather than on fact or even logic.

Throughout the march to the north, South African Light Horse and Strathcona Horse worked and supported each other in a professional manner. They got along extremely well together and so it should not be a surprise that they would closely support one another under any circumstances.

I must also point out that after the Standerton white flag incident, involving Sgt. Parker; the Third Brigade, of which South African Light Horse was part of, developed a Standard Operation Procedure (SOP) for dealing with farm houses flying white flags, In Steele's words, the SOP ran as follows:

"When searching a house that displayed a white flag the system in the Third Mounted Brigade would be ... make good the ground on all sides with the flankers and advance, so that no enemy could escape. The support unit will then search the house." Steele goes on to say that by taking this precaution, there were no white flag incidents," If we were to consider a hypothetical values of the two incidences, the logical coincidence would go to the Standerton incidence based on circumstance.

In any event, these incidents do not, will not, shall not ever haunt the Strathcona's impeccable history and reputation.

L. Col. Brian A. Reid in his book Our Little Army in the Field records the incident as having taken place on the Komati River;

"Steele had seized Witbank by 3:00 p.m. and the rest of the force followed it into camp. At 4:00 p.m. a rider arrived with an oral message from Belcher that he was heavily engaged and required assistance. Dundonald ordered Steele to ride out with the regiment at once. When the SH arrived on the heights overlooking the Carolina at dusk, all appeared quiet. Steele soon encountered Lieutenant Pooley's troop which reported that the task had been successfully completed. Belcher later explained that he had told the messenger to report that he was meeting considerable opposition, but had said nothing about needing assistance.

On 15 August the column reached Twyfelaar on the Komati River. That day something happened which remains unexplained. As the legend goes, a party of the SALH were shot down by fire from a farm flying a white flag. Unfortunately for the Boers, a troop of C Squadron witnessed the incident and quickly surrounded the farm, capturing the six men responsible. A drumhead court martial was hastily convened, and the Boers were lynched. One version has the Strathconas threatening to lynch an officer who attempted to intervene. While Steele always denied that the incident happened, it was widely believed at the time. All the evidence is either circumstantial or hearsay. Two members of the SALH died of wounds apparently suffered at Twyfelaar. C Squadron lost Sergeant Parker and Private Arnold to fire from a farm flying a white flag on 30 July. The regimental diary of 15 August reported "The cavalry encountered a force of the enemy on the south bank of the Komati River, being fired upon from a house flying a white flag. Burnt the place and proceeding crossed the river and bivouacked on the N. bank at Twyfelarar." Private R.P. Rooke of the regiment, who did not witness the incident, repeated the story in a memoir he produced in 1908. Private A.S. McCormick of 2 RCR included a version in a manuscript he wrote 50 years after the event.

Lieutenant George Whitton of Bushveldt Carbineers included a poem from The Navy Illustrated in his book Scapegoats of the Empire. The last very reads:

Twas thus Strathcona's Horse left Vengeance sitting by her shrine, Where six accursed corpses broke the grey horizon line, Their flesh to feed the vultures and their bones to be a sign.

Whitton, who had been sentenced to death with Breaker Morant for murdering prisoners, was pardoned and returned to Australia. In his book he claimed Morant had testified at his court martial that his commanding officer had justified an order to not take prisoners by citing the actions of Strathcona's Horse."

I must point out here that both Professor Miller's and L. Col. Reid's accounts are based on the speculative musings of Tpr. R P. Rooke and his memoirs of 1908 in conjunction, no doubt, with the persistence of the rumour.

Trooper R.P. (Robert) Rooke and brother Charlie Rooke were members of B Squadron Strathcona's Horse. Thery were both solid soldiers loyal and honest though never conspicuous on the Battle Field. Their adventurous spirit is acknowledged by their return to South Africa, with the Third Brother George, in 1901 to serve under Colonel Evans Third Contingent. The Rooke boys were from Winnipeg.

Trooper Rooke returned to South Africa in 1908 and wrote his me~_'"'S of his South African experience. When relating to the White Flag Incident at Koman River it would appear that he had based his assumptions on the reputation of C Squadron.

C Squadron; Barbarian Bravado as an apt description of their action on the Battle Field? Probably. They were indeed a tough bunch of soldiers out of British Columbia. Within their ranks were ruffians (in the true sense of the word) and I suspect other undesirables who had at one time or another been in conflict with society and the law. Even Steele who was always most supportive of his men admitted that: "There were some that ought not to have been here." Would they lynch a horse thief? Probably. Did they lynch the six Boer Commanders?

No.

On the other hand they were capable of showing a good deal of compassion. Towards the end of their tour when ordered to burn down Boer farms and homes they took great care in comforting the women and children. It was not uncommon to see Boer families wrapped up in Strathcona jackets and blankets.

Their reputation depicts them as a soldier's soldier. Our kind of soldier.

Given the loyalty and esprit de corps of this day and their ability to "keep it within the confines of the mess," it would seem inconceivable that a secret of this magnitude could be kept under wraps for a hundred years. When we involve an outside unit such as the South African Light Horse it becomes even more incredulous.

L. Col. Reid sums up the actions of the Regiment in simple but frank terms:

"While the regiment included a number of unruly characters, what should be remembered was it's success in the field. The last word goes to a British artilleryman who told his recently promoted Sergeant Hank McHaig a RCR that when Strathcona's were scouting, the gunners could sleep with their boots off.

There is also an Australian connection which appears in George Whitton's book Scapegoats of the Empire and which has been alluded to by L. Col. Reid. The whole centers about the poem from the Navy Illustrated which I submit in it's entirety:



Barbaric Bravado? If so a master piece based on rumour and speculation.

Author
Unknown.

The National Post, a paper out of the east, came up with screaming head lines and supposed new evidence regarding the lynching of Six Commando Boers by Strathcona's Horse. I document the article in it's entirety:

Did Canadians Commit Boer War Crimes?
Murder Alleged
Newly discovered letter paints soldiers as reckless brutes

By Richard Foot in Pretoria And Lindsey Arkley in Melbourne

Canadians fighting in the Boer War may have committed war crimes - including murder of prisoners - according to new documents discovered by the National Post.

The Boer War in South Africa a century ago marked the first time Canada sent soldiers overseas to fight. Most soldiers fought with honour, but others earned the new nation a reputation for brutality.

On Aug. 15, 1900, near the Komati River in eastern Transvaal, a squadron of Strathcona's allegedly killed six Boers. A mounted infantry unit of mostly Western Canadian volunteers, Lord Strathcona's Horse frequently came under enemy fire in the Boer War while approaching Boer farmhouses deceptively flying the white flag of surrender.

After witnessing members of a British patrol falling for a similar trick that Aug. 15, the Strathconas, according to newspaper accounts at the time, galloped into the fray after watching the ambush. Together with the surviving British soldiers they supposedly captured the six Boers responsible, held a hasty and illegal court martial and strung up their prisoners with the lariats they carried on their horses.

A letter written in Pretoria two days after the incident by Australian Lance Sergeant R.J. Byers, a member of the Australian Mounted Rifles, describes the affair:

"The Canadians have a great dislike of the Boers," says the unpublished letter to his family, discovered by the National Post in the State Library of Victoria, Australia. "They took a few prisoners one day and what did they do, but took their lassoes off their saddles, and hung six of them before their Officer could stop them."

The Australian letter also alleges a second case of war crimes, this time involving an unidentified Canadian unit.

"Another day, the New Zealanders had 13 Boer prisoners and they met some Canadians, who asked them if they wanted to hand over their prisoners,- writes Sgt. Byers. "Well the New Zealanders were glad to rid of them, so they handed them over to the Canadians who took them away to a quiet place, and shot the 13 of them:

Neither incident has ever been proven by eye-witness accounts or other records, says Lt.-Col. Brian Reid, a former Canadian artillery officer and author of Our UttIe Army in the Field, a history of Canadian troops in the war. His searches have failed to tum up records that report Boer prisoners being killed by Canadians.

"The Boers had a very efficient system for passing information and reporting casualties," he says. "The conclusion reached by the South Africans is that the incidents are fiction.

"As a former soldier," adds Lt.-Col. Reid, "I can attest to the speed, if not the accuracy, of the military rumour mill. It is possible that all the reported cases of Canadians killing prisoners were no more than rumour."

Fransjohan Pretorius, one of South Africa's leading Boer War scholars, doesn't believe the stories either. "The Canadians distinguished themselves in the war," he says. "The view that I have of Canadian soldiers is a very good one."

And yet extracts of a poem published at the time in The Navy Illustrated, seem to repeat the sinister tale:

"Twas thus Strathcona's Horse left Vengeance sitting by her shrine / Where six accursed corpses broke the grey horizon line,! Their flesh to feed the vultures, and their bones to be a sign."

National Post, with files from Siobhan Roberts

One thing has not changed within the past 100 years and that is the Press appetite for news of a detrimental nature. The so called newly discussed letter by L. Sgt. RJ Byers out of Australia is obviously based on the same old rumour which probably started it all. It has no credence. It has nothing new to add or substantiate. The National Post also alludes to the murder of 13 POW's which were handed over to a Canadian unit by the New Zealanders. This case based on Byers letter with no substantiation. It was in fact a case used by Breaker Morant in his defence as a precedent for his actions in shooting Prisoners of War. The unit in question was Kitchener's Horse, also known as Kitchener's Scouts. Kitchener's Horse was recruited out of the Nicola Valley of British Columbia and was highly regarded. No evidence on either side this incident ever took place.

Did Canadians Commit Boer War Crimes?

Fransjohan Pretorius, Department of History, University of South Africa says NO.

Miss Em Wessels, Oorlog Museum Bloemfontein says NO.

A good deal of research has been done within the Boer Commando records in recent years. No evidence regarding the lynching of six Boers by Strathcona's Horse has ever been found. Not even a rumour.

L. Col. Brian Reid, author of Our Little Army in this Field: The Canadians in South Africa, 1899 - 1902, says it was all a rumour.

Professor Carman Miller, Department of History, McGill University is non committal but says there is no evidence that the deed did in fact take place.

Nobby Clark says it was a rumour based on the dash and Corps de Elite of Strathcona's Horse. Barbaric Bravado is an apt metaphor for initiating a rumour of this magnitude.

In Summary; let us play the Devil's Advocate for just a moment;

"C Squadron Strathcona's Horse, while serving in South Africa, did capture six Boer Commandos and after a hasty field court-martial did find them guilty of treachery and did summarily execute them by hanging."

The Boer source of treachery was to fly a white flag over selected homesteads and then to lay in ambush those who came to investigate contrary to international law. Three members and two black guides attached to Strathcona's Horse had been "murdered" under this guise on the Standerton Greylingstad Corridor of operations in July 1900.

Under this scenario the most damning evidence we have is the strong threat of vengeance by both Steele and members of C Squadron specifically Lt. White Fraser's troops. There was also the capture of six Boer Commandos by Lt. Leckie's troop who stated simply that they had been "roughed-up" but not shot. No word of their final fate however.

A second scenario would have a White Flag incident take place at Twyfelaar on the Komati River just north of Carolina. Involved here however was the South African Light Horse who were ambushed while investigating. A sergeant and "one or two men" were shot down. C Squadron Strathcona's Horse who were in support of SALH came to their rescue and after a hasty court-martial sentenced and lynched six Boer Commandos. C Squadron was at the time under command of Major Belcher the second in command of the Regiment who had sent word back to Steele that he had met opposition on the Komati River but did not require support. The farm house in question had been burned down, not an uncommon practice even at that phase of the war.

The Devil's resolution does not end here. The world press had taken up the story at the time. The Navy Illustrated published the notorious poem on the incident about one year later. McCormick of 2 RCR included a version in a manuscript he wrote 50 years after the event. The National Post discovered the letter by a Lance Sergeant RJ Byers of the Australian Mounted Rifles written two days after the incident from Pretoria which is about 200 km. south-west of Twyfelaar.

That is the synopsis of the White Flag Incident and the Devil rests his case except to say that given the times, 100 years ago, it was accepted as a custom of war that retaliation was permitted provided that it was not done with malice. To be shot under a white flag was tantamount to murder. The question of war crimes therefore should not be a criteria. The British Empire in fact tried, found guilty and sentenced 370 Boers to death though only 35 were actually executed.

Here I must say that the Strathcona's did not hate the Boers, on the contrary both sides demonstrated a good deal of respect and compassion for each other. Strathcona's comforted and with compassion moved Afrikaans families before having to bum down their homes. It was also a Afrikaans family that nursed our Commanding Officer back to health after suffering from Ptomaine Poisoning at Potchefstroom. A Strathcona even married an Afrikaans maiden and brought her back as a war bride.

I want to say that since there has not been one single eye 'Witness account of the incident, and given the intensive research of Boer records which yielded not so much as a rumour regarding the incident, I am inclined to believe the incident to be a press frenzy feeding rumour based on a barbaric bravado cliche attributed to C Squadron's reputation.

IMPERIAL YEOMANRY

SERGT W.A.J. DAY.
SERGT C.T. DAY.
SERGT G. HUGHES.
CORPL T. CEATS.
CORPL J. JONES.
CPL. TRUMP. E. COOPER.
TROOPER P.H.O. ASH.
TROOPER H.B.F. BEAMES.
TROOPER S. BUCKLEY.
TROOPER J.F. DAY.
TROOPER F.C. FINCKEN.
TROOPER W.C. HILLS.
TROOPER V. MEAKIN.
TROOPER S.B. MOODY.
TROOPER R. OAKLEY.
TROOPER H. SHERWIN.
TROOPER A.R. WHITEHEAD.
TROOPER A. WILKINSON.
SHOEG SMTH W.H. PERRY.

KING'S OWN (ROYAL LANCASTER REGIMENT)

SERGT R. THOMPSON.
PRIVATE G. FAULKNER.
PRIVATE H.J. FERRINGTON.
PRIVATE H. LOWNDES.
PRIVATE W. PRESTON.
PRIVATE G. STANIER.

KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS

PRIVATE A. JONES.
PRIVATE R. SWINDLES.
PRIVATE T. MAHONY.

9TH LANCERS

PRIVATE G. CHARLTON.
PRIVATE C. JONES.

LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS

CORPL F. PORTER.
LCE CORPL G.E. GUEST.
PRIVATE J. BATEMAN.
PRIVATE E. BURGOYNE.
PRIVATE M. MILLEY.

MANCHESTER REGIMENT

LCE CORPL J.F. COMPTON
PRIVATE T. MOUNTFORD.
PRIVATE . POOLEY.

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT

PRIVATE W.M. ADAMS.
PRIVATE G.W. BENTLEY.
PRIVATE A. BLAKEMORE.
PRIVATE S. FELTON.
PRIVATE W. FOLLOWS.
PRIVATE J. HEATH.
PRIVATE T. HEATH.
PRIVATE J.T. HODSON.
PRIVATE G. TUNNICLIFFE.

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT

PRIVATE S. HAMMOND.
PRIVATE W. MERRCKS.
PRIVATE W. PRINCE.

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

PRIVATE J. BURGESS.
PRIVATE H. FORD.
PRIVATE T. GIBSON.
PRIVATE W.A. HILL.

ROYAL ENGINEERS

SAPPER J. SIMON.
SAPPER J. TURNER.
SAPPER J.G. WICKHAM.

ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY

BOMBARDIER J.A. FITZGERALD.
GUNNER J.R. BROWN.
GUNNER T. HODGKINSON.
GUNNER R. JONES.
GUNNER E.B. PALMER.
GUNNER J. SWINDLEY.
GUNNER J. WAINWRIGHT.

ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY

GUNNER W. HANKEY.

ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY

GUNNER J. DALTON.
GUNNER C. JONES.
GUNNER T. TOWERS.

ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS

CORPL S. MORRIS.
LCE CORPL T. BAYSTONE.
LCE CORPL G. NEWNES.
PRIVATE A. DANIELS.
PRIVATE T.G. FOULKES.
PRIVATE R. JONES.
PRIVATE W. PARRY.
PRIVATE G.T. TONKS.

ST JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE

1ST CLASS SUPERNUMERARY OFFICER F.H. OLDHAM
1ST GRADE ORDERLY H.W. ALLEN.
1ST GRADE ORDERLY I. DICKSON.
1ST GRADE ORDERLY W.M. MEASURES.

SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY

SERGT G.E. ALLMAN.
SERGT G. JONES.
SERGT W. TAYLOR.
PRIVATE H. ARROWSMITH.
PRIVATE A.T. ASTLEY.
PRIVATE H. BARKER.
PRIVATE A. BEVAN.
PRIVATE . DUNN.
PRIVATE A.F. DYER.
PRIVATE H. GRINDLEY.
PRIVATE W. GUNNING.
PRIVATE G. HALL.
PRIVATE J. HANMER.
PRIVATE A. LLOYD.
PRIVATE A. MARSH.
PRIVATE W.H. MORRIS.
PRIVATE H. OLIVER.
PRIVATE A. QUIGGIN.
PRIVATE J. RICHARDS.
PRIVATE C. ROLES.
PRIVATE J. SCRAGG.
PRIVATE T.H. SMITH.
PRIVATE G. TAGG.
PRIVATE J. TAYLOR.
PRIVATE S. TUDOR.

Hi David
The QSA is ex City Coins, February 1987. There was no documentation with it.
Henk

Thanks Henk.

Unlike you at the time I have access to the India Office and the National Archives now so a huge difference in research potential now. And of course Google is your friend.

It has been an interesting journey from esoteric churches, Buddhism, the Theosophical Society in Pretoria -whose "Lodge" still stands- to Cornwall. One of the best things to turn up was a long article on the "Cornish Gorsegg"in "The Western Morning News and Daily Gazette" of Monday 22 August 1938.Under the head line of "Bards Gather at Ancient Circle", a long article describes the Bards rushing over the moors with ancient swords, lyres and flutes dressed in colourful cloaks and headdresses - real hobbit stuff.
It contains the immortal lines from the Banner Bearer, Mr H Trefusls. Falmouth (Map Mor, Son of the Sea ) - " But the concern was not for the visitors, but for themselves and for those who came after,and that it was most necessary that they should make a stand against the rising tide of bungalows"
True - and they have a Facebook page - you can not make this stuff up.

The mystery is why he got the job in the Military Accounts Department. His father was an itinerant Shipwright. He was a dismal gunner in the RA. Somehow he got religion and rose to some prominence in South Africa.

The question I wanted to ask - did this medal pop out of family? There is some one on Ancestry researching his wife's family who will not answer emails so I thought there may be other family still in South Africa - wanting a photo of my bard.

ATB

David

Hi David
I put this QSA with City Coins with you in mind. Glad that it is now in your collection : you did the research that I neglected to do!
Henk