Cole | Joseph Julius | 5244 | Trooper | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Thorneycroft's Mounted Infantry |
Cole | Josh | | Kroo | QSA (0).
Source: QSA medal rolls | HMS Barracouta |
Cole | L | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | South African Constabulary |
Cole | L | | | 3rd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | East Yorkshire Regiment |
Cole | L G E | | Corporal | QSA (2) CC SA01. Ref: Po8.812.
Source: QSA medal rolls | HMS Beagle |
Cole | M | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | (Duke of Edinburgh's) Wiltshire Regiment |
Cole | M | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
Cole | M | 5785 | Private | Mounted Infantry Company, 1st Battalion
Source: QSA roll | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
Cole | M | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
Cole | M | | | Source: Medal rolls | Cape Railway Sharpshooters |
Cole | M C F K | | Supt | Honorary Associate of the Grand Priory. Source: South African Honours and Awards | Army Nursing Service Reserve |
Cole | M L | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | South African Constabulary |
Cole | Mansel Crawford | 886 | Trooper | BSACM Matabeleland 1893 (0). Mansel Crawford Cole entered the Bechuanaland Police as a Trooper in 1889. In 1895 as Troop Sergeant-Major, 'K' Troop Bechuanaland Border Police, he took part in the 'Jameson Raid' of 1895 and was taken prisoner. After being released he left the corps and went to Mafeking, taking charge of the transport for Major Goold-Adams in Barotseland for 15 months. Returning to Mafeking in 1897 he then took charge of his father's mills and produce business. With the onset of the Boer War he joined the Protectorate Regiment and later served with the South African Constabulary. His Q. S. A. clasps are confirmed in the published 'Relief of Mafeking' roll, where he is listed as a Captain in the 'C' Eastern Division, S. A. C. and as a Lieutenant in the Protectorate Regiment. Immediately after the war, he was for several years in command of the military depot at Heidelberg, and was latterly Compound Manager at the Clydesdale Colliery. Sold with a fascinating array of original documents, including: a typed 'Record of Captain Cole'; booklet, Dr. Jameson's Ride to Johannesburg; recipient's Railway Permit for Civilians, July 1902; his calling card and 'Soldiers' Club, Cape Town members card; a photograph of the recipient in uniform wearing his medals; another in civilian dress in later life; two group photographs and another of the recipient and members of his family at Heidelberg, Transvaal; a 'Bravo Mafeking' badge, and three 'Martial Law' permits. Also with a number of B. S. A. Co. Telegraphs to Cole, December 1899-January 1900, as O. C. Magalapye, including one from 'Garroway' listing the officers and men killed, wounded and taken prisoner in the action at Game Tree - a sortie from Mafeking, 26 December 1899; two memoranda addressed to Cole and a letter to him from Mafeking, just prior to the siege, dated 7 October 1899. PoliceBSACM Matabeleland 1893, no clasp ([.. ], M. L. Cole, B. B. Police), rank erased (roll gives 'Troop Sergt-Major'); QSA 3 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt. , S. A. C. ); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt. , S. A. C. ) DNW December 2007 £1500.
Source: BSACM rolls | Bechuanaland Border Police |
Cole | Mansel Lawford | | Lieutenant | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Protectorate Regiment |
Cole | Mansel Lawford | | Lieutenant | QSA (3) OFS DoM Tr; KSA (2). BSACM Matabeleland 1893 ([.... . ], M. L. Cole, B. B. Police), rank erased (roll gives 'Troop Sergt-Major'); QSA (3) Relief of Mafeking [sic], Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt. S.A.C.); KSA (2) (Capt. S.A.C.). DNW December 2007 £1,500
Source: Mafeking Siege Account and Medal Roll | Protectorate Regiment |
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