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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: naul on Thursday 17 November 11 13:38 GMT (UK)
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I had a Great Uncle,Nicholas Mccoy who fought and died in the Boer War.He was shot in 1902 and fought in all the major battles.Would all of his medals have been sent home.I have spoken to all his relations over a number of years but nobody can recall seeing or hearing of any medals.
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Cant answer what happened to his medals but from his service records he certainly had some.
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I had a Great Uncle,Nicholas Mccoy who fought and died in the Boer War.He was shot in 1902......
Would that be 289 Driver N.McCoy, 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery?
Wounded at Brakfontein on 17th March 1902 and died shortly after.
Entitled to a 6-clasp QSA medal - Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laings Nek, Belfast.
.........and fought in all the major battles.
I don't think anyone could have claimed that one. ;)
Would all of his medals have been sent home.
Any personal effects were probably sent home.
But his QSA medal would have been issued at home to his next-of-kin. He wouldn't have ever seen it.
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He was indeed dvr.Nicholas Mccoy 61st f.a.r.An irishman who died on paddys day.
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hi,,do you have his service record? ;)
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Was he from Bedfordshire?
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Nicholas was born in County Louth Ireland.Ihave his service record.
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I had a Great Uncle,Nicholas Mccoy who fought and died in the Boer War.He was shot in 1902......
Would that be 289 Driver N.McCoy, 61st Battery Royal Field Artillery?
Wounded at Brakfontein on 17th March 1902 and died shortly after.
Entitled to a 6-clasp QSA medal - Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laings Nek, Belfast.
.........and fought in all the major battles.
I don't think anyone could have claimed that one. ;)
Would all of his medals have been sent home.
Any personal effects were probably sent home.
But his QSA medal would have been issued at home to his next-of-kin. He wouldn't have ever seen it.
Just a small addition.Would anybody know where he could be buried in S.Africa
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How would i go about getting a picture of his grave.
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Do his service records state where he was buried? If you don't know that, then getting a picture of his grave, if he has one, will pose problems.
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Yes,service records do exist.He died on 17th March 1902 at Brakfontaein.As far as i know he was buried at Vredefort.
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In reply #6 you said you had his service record, but 5 months later in post #7 you asked where he might be buried.
See http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=627188 and http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gnIcAI-sPeoC&pg=PA178&lpg=PA178&dq=vredefort+boer+war+cemetery&source=bl&ots=oCMlvJinJm&sig=sMmJp-c2yjBBCOd9UAjT1cjkzRw&hl=en#v=onepage&q=vredefort%20boer%20war%20cemetery&f=false
But us bumpkins from Bedfordshire are possibly not the best people to be asking about an Irishman who died in South Africa.
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Thank you anyway.