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WW1 and Boer war Medal help please
« on: Saturday 03 January 15 15:14 GMT (UK) »
A friend of mine has 4 medals and would dearly love to know more about the man who these were given too, and any history and if there is any surviving family that they could be returned too.  A long shot I know, but if anyone can help then this is the right place to ask.
One is a Queen Victoria medal for service in South Africa during the Boer War and it has two bars on it One reads 'Orange Free State' and the other ' Cape Colony. Around the side of the medal it says '3rd Coy 1st IMP YEO after his name Strachan
The other 3 medals are the usual trio from the first world war.
Pip, Squeak and Wilfred are the affectionate names given to the three WW1 campaign medals — The 1914 Star or 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal respectively.
The 1914 star Bears the inscription on the reverse side      Lieut G L STRACHAN.

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Re: WW1 and Boer war Medal help please
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 03 January 15 15:17 GMT (UK) »
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: WW1 and Boer war Medal help please
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 03 January 15 15:20 GMT (UK) »
Possibly Boer War..
George Lewis Strachan
Private 5609
3rd Imperial Yeomanry Company (Gloucs.)
Queens South Africa Medal Cape Colony
Cathy
Sinnock/Sinnicks...Brighton,Greenwich.
Clements,Coles,Mc Donagh,Rock

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Re: WW1 and Boer war Medal help please
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 03 January 15 15:27 GMT (UK) »
1914-1915 Star Medal Roll
Sierra Leone Battalion, West Africa Frontier Force

Lieut. G L Strachan, embarkation 15/9 1915
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: WW1 and Boer war Medal help please
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 03 January 15 16:00 GMT (UK) »
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Re: WW1 and Boer war Medal help please
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 03 January 15 18:25 GMT (UK) »
Thank you everyone for your brilliant help! My friend will be SO pleased.  I wish I was on Ancestry so I could see the photo and look at his tree and pass it on.  I will pass this lovely info on anyway. You marvellous people thank you
Goldie

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Re: WW1 and Boer war Medal help please
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 03 January 15 18:52 GMT (UK) »
Hi Shaun, I've just tried to link up the link to Ancestry you gave me and I just wondering if it's correct with a ? In the link. I tried it as I've typed it out for my friend who may know someone on Ancestry, but I'm just double checking as it comes up as 'not recognised' when I tried it.
Many thanks
Goldie

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Re: WW1 and Boer war Medal help please
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 03 January 15 19:18 GMT (UK) »
Hi Goldie

I have Ancestry and the link works for me.

Ken

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Re: WW1 and Boer war Medal help please
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 03 January 15 19:55 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, I will try again, maybe it's just busy. Have found out quite a bit more since my original post, so thank you all
Goldie
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