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Her's 2 Lt OS Tedders BWM & some papers

I'd had this a while, never knew what it was until now - I'd assumed that it was Australian, NZ, Canadian infantry.. A bit uninspired for a shoulder title

He was'nt a real copper though - he said "mind how you go" as if he meant it & not with the hint of menace - the unspoken "or else" with which it is properly said.......

And I think there's some kind of family link with Lincs - a quick search on the web threw up a Tedder school in that county, may be something, may be nothing............

OS Tedders papers to follow - I know this stuff can be a pain to read through, but there's a lovely lot of detail here.

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South African Expeditionary Force Brigade record card

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His Record of Officers Service

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Provisional Release Certificate

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His Active Service Casualty Form as an Other Rank.

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His Active Service Casualty Form as an officer:

reverse of VM

My first South African WWI medals arrived a couple of days ago, "just" a VM & a BWM - a broken pair & a broken trio but I like them. Sgt LB Tedder was a member much wounded member of 2 SAI (commissioned in December 1918), 2/Lt OS Tedder, his brother, was a member of 8 Lincolnshires & was KIA 27/4/17. Sgt LB Tedders Vctory Medal & attestation papers:

Or unless you read a particular copy of "Crown Imperial" about 1984 - from an article by Andrew Chaney, a sketch of the FID shoulder title, locally made, in brass. Also worn on the slouch hat I would think? The original was on display at the INt Corps museum at Ashford, Kent - I don't know where the museum is nowadays. Field Intelligence deal with int. on the enemies organistaion, capabilities, tactics & intentions & with the geography of the battlefield & with counter intelligence to protect own personnel, information & equipmentd. Intelligence units were viewed as war raised rather than permanent requirements prior to WWII (when the Int. Corps was established in 1940), but the Anglo-Boer War showed the British that there was a need for such a corps. The FID was established to provide operational intelligence, Natal being at the forefront of such activity, units such as the Natal Corps of Guides (comprised of local white farmers & black guides) provided intelligence for the FID, which grouped guides, interpretors, scouts & native scouts into fixed grades & introduced field security & intelligence gathering procedures such as censorship, POW interrogation, field sketching, Ballon recce reports, carrier pigeons,etc. The British had sent over a small number of British officers including a Major Rimmington who formed the Rimmington Scouts who were often referred to as the "Intelligence Corps". Although the informal Int. Corps units were'nt authorised insignia, various scout units produced their own slouch hat & shoulder insignia. Medals to personnel of these units were inscribed "FID".