| Tannett | Geoffrey | | Corporal | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (1) Mashonaland 1897. 1897: 191 Cpl. BSAP.
Source: BSACM rolls | Salisbury Field Force |
| Taplin | W | 9749 | Private | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | Medical Staff Corps |
| Tapp | George Raikes | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0). Jameson Raider. Sgt. C Troop MMP. George Raikes Tapp was born in London in about 1873. In 1895 he was serving as a Sergeant in the Mashonaland Mounted Police, and rode with C Troop in the column that left Pitsani in the Bechuanaland Protectorate on 29th December of that year, and entered the Boer Transvaal Republic. The column, comprising 372 officers and men mainly drawn from the M. M. P. , joined up with 122 members of the Bechuanaland Border Police on the following day. The force was commanded by Doctor Leander Starr Jameson and future history books would refer to the incident as the Jameson Raid. The invading force met with increasing Boer resistance until, after a running fight over 10 miles, they became effectively trapped by the Boers near Klipkopje and were forced to surrender on the 2nd January, having lost 25 killed, 37 wounded and a further 35 missing. Jameson and his senior officers were all sent for trial to London aboard the H. M. T. Victoria, whilst the remaining 425 raiders were embarked aboard the S. S. Harlech Castle. When the Harlech Csstle called at Medeira it was boarded by Detective Inspector Frank Froest, of Scotland Yard (see Lot 42), who formally arrested the 26 officers and 399 rank and file in what became the largest mass arrest in the history of British law enforcement. Jameson and his senior officers were subsequently tried in London but the remaining 'raiders' never faced trial. When the Matabeles rose in revolt in March 1896, followed by the Mashonas three months later, Tapp returned to Africa with the Matabeleland Relief Force and served in Rhodesia throughout the campaign of 1896 as a Trooper in E Squadron. Little else is known of George Tapp's career until after the Great War when his name appears in the London Gazette as the recipient of the O. B. E. Medal in 1920. He was then serving in R Division, which included Blackheath where Tapp lived and did duty. The Division contained a number of legitimate targets such as the Royal Dockyard, Woolwich Arsenal, the Artillery Barracks and the Royal Military Academy, and accordingly was subjected to a number of air raids by Zeppelins and Gotha bombers. Hence it is possible that Tapp's award arose out of some act of gallantry during this time but this cannot be proved. The medals were presented to these 46 deserving Special Constables by the Prince of Wales at Olympia on Tuesday 1st February 1921 in front of a parade of 1200 Specials. O. B. E. Medal London Gazette 7 September 1920: 'The King has been graciously pleased to confer the Medal of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) upon the undermentioned members of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary for service in that Force during the War which has been distinguished by conspicuous courage or by exceptional zeal and devotion to duty.’ One of 46 awards to the Metropolitan Special Constabulary. Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Civil), unnamed as issued; BSACM, for Rhodesia 1896 (Sergt., Matabeleland R. F. ) a later replacement medal, bruising over rank; Special Constabulary Medal GV, clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Sergt. George R. Tapp). DNW September 2002 £520.
Source: BSACM rolls | Matabeleland Relief Force |
| Tapsall | E | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | Salisbury Field Force |
| Tarbutt | | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | Matabeleland Relief Force |
| Tarleton | J H | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | Bulawayo Field Force |
| Tarr | D | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | Salisbury Field Force |
| Tarr | Rollings Munro (Or H W ) | 368 | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (1) Mashonaland 1897.
Source: BSACM rolls | British South Africa Police |
| Tarrant | G | 3645 | Private | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (1) Mashonaland 1897.
Source: BSACM rolls | Hampshire Regiment |
| Taste | A | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | Umtali Volunteer Corps |
| Tate | James E | | Sergeant | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (1) Mashonaland 1897. 1897: 166 Sgt. BSAP.
Source: BSACM rolls | Victoria Rifles |
| Tate | W | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (1) Mashonaland 1897. 1897: O.R.S. Garrison Vols.
Source: BSACM rolls | Matabeleland Relief Force |
| Tatham | R | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | British South Africa Police |
| Tattersall | Sam | 4218 | Private | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0). Samuel Tattersall was born in the parish of St. Phillip's, Sheffield and enlisted in the York and Lancaster Regiment in April 1895, aged 19 years, direct from the 3rd (Militia) Battalion. In his subsequent career of 15 years with the Colours, he served for ten of them out in India, but his only medal entitlement was for his service in Rhodesia in 1896. He was discharged in September 1910, his record noting that he was 'much inclined to drink but a smart and hard working soldier.’In August 1915, he re-enlisted in his old regiment and was embarked for France in January 1916, where he served in the 10th Battalion until invalided home with gun shot wounds to his head and legs in October 1917. He returned once more to France in July 1918, and transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers in August 1919, being discharged for a final time in May of the following year. Tattersall died at Sheffield Hospital in August 1944. BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (4218 Pte. S. Tattersall, 2/Y. & Lanc. Regt.). DNW March 2007 £280.
Source: BSACM rolls | York and Lancaster Regiment |
| Tavner | George Osborne | | Trooper | BSACM Matabeleland 1893 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | Raaff's Column |
| Tawse | Geo T | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (1) Mashonaland 1897. 1897: Tpr. Garrison Vols.
Source: BSACM rolls | Salisbury Field Force |
| Taylor | A E | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | Mashonaland Mounted Police |
| Taylor | A E | | Trooper | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0).
Source: BSACM rolls | Matabeleland Relief Force |
| Taylor | Albert | | Lieutenant | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0). Jameson Raider. Tpr. D Troop MMP.
Source: BSACM rolls | Matabeleland Relief Force |
| Taylor | B | 2552 | Lance Corporal | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (1) Mashonaland 1897.
Source: BSACM rolls | Royal Irish Rifles |
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