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Armed Forces / Re: The British South Africa Company Medal Roll - Free lookups offered
« on: Saturday 22 December 07 07:03 GMT (UK)  »
Dear Neil,

Thank you for your prompt reply and information about F V Brown.  I don't know if he fought in the Boer War.  Do you know how I could find out?

Regards and all the best for Christmas
Terry :)

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Armed Forces / Re: The British South Africa Company Medal Roll - Free lookups offered
« on: Saturday 22 December 07 06:59 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: neil1821 on Thursday 20 December 07 18:59 GMT (UK)
Terry,
The roll confirms Trooper F.V.Brown awarded the medal for Mashonaland 1897.
His unit was the Umtali Volunteer Corps (or simply Volunteers). As the name suggests these were one of several locally raised units that existed purely for the duration of a particular campaign before being disbanded.

Here's a general overview of local units:
http://rapidttp.com/milhist/vol011es.html

Since they're not regular troops, they don't have individual service numbers.
He could have been in the Royal Engineers at another time perhaps? What else do yoy know about his military service? Was he in the Boer War for example?

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Armed Forces / Re: The British South Africa Company Medal Roll - Free lookups offered
« on: Wednesday 19 December 07 12:01 GMT (UK)  »
My Grandfather, Francis Verrill Brown was awarded the Mashonaland medal and inscribed on its edge is -his name, then  -  UMTALI VO1 TRS.  Can you please provide any information from this data ie his regiment, number war record.  He was an engineer so he may have been in the Royal Engineers.

Regards

Terry Brown

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