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Here is the full version from me. It looks a bit contrasty but that's the only way I could make it printable.

Yes, that wiki page on the 2nd Boer War is rather intense.

Did your great uncle's service record list any clasps after his medal? One useful thing I learnt was that you can tell the battles a soldier was involved with (or was in the general vicinity of) by the name of the clasps he received . The last two links I posted are useful for information on the battles/clasps and the third wiki link describes some of these battles/engagements.

If not, you may be able to find information specific to the RAMC and the Boer war on the Internet.

A thought just occurred to me. Perhaps your gt. uncle (who was in the medical corp.) treated my ancestor, who was wounded in one of the battles.

Anyway, I'm digressing! Good luck with the research.

Hi

This doesn’t help much but I think this is the family in 1851.

1851 census: HO107 Piece: 2449 Folio: 168 Page: 3; (crown copyright, care of the TNA)   
Living at Sowhill (Upper), Trevethin

EVANS, Thomas, head, married, 40, b. 1811, Carpenter & Joiner Journeyman
EVANS, Sarah, wife, married, 31, b. 1820
EVANS, Thomas, son, 12, b. 1839
EVANS, Eliza, dua, 10, b. 1841
EVANS, Alfred, son, 8, b. 1843
EVANS, Francis, son, 6, b. 1845
EVANS, David, son, 4, b. 1847
EVANS, Morris, son, 2, b. 1849
All born Trevethin, except Thomas who was born Bickner, Gloucestershire
 
Cardiff has done the hard work and found them in 1861, where Thomas states he is married. I searched for Sarah elsewhere but couldn’t find her.

Assuming that she died in the Trevethin area, then this is the Pontypool registration district.  Since Sarah doesn’t appear to have a middle name there is only one record for this district that fits if she died between 1861 and 1871.

Deaths Mar qtr 1861  EVANS  Sarah  Pontypool  11a 91

However, this is the March quarter which would mean she would have died before the census date of 7th Apr 1861 and Thomas states he is married on the census. Like Cardiff I am wondering if a mistake was made and she died before the census.

If a mistake was made and she died between 1851 and 1861, then there are a number of possible deaths within the Pontypool reg district (the index does not specify the age at death.) I counted at least eleven. Daughter Sarah was born about 1853 which narrows it down slightly.

If you are determined to find a death record, you could try emailing/ringing the Pontypool register office to ask for their advice. A search spanning 3 years should not cost you anything however a search covering ten years probably would.

If Sarah did not die in the Pontypool area then your chances of finding a death record are probably low, unless you find something like a burial record for her.

Apologies if I've restored the uniform incorrectly. I didn't have another photo of the jacket to go by so I went by whatever I could make out on the original photo. I could tweak the jacket to look more like the photos linked to above. It would have to be in a few days though. Unless you are happy with what you have already. 

(I can't see any white stripes near his cuff though - no matter how much I stare)