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Sgt Tedder, in hospital in East Dulwich, has heard that his brother has been killed & has contacted the War Office.......

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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

Surely it was George Dixon the poor old bugger was at Dock Green into his 80's and that was after he was killed in " The Blue Lamp "!

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.......

He served in the Rebellion and South West Africa beforehand, so there should be a card for SWA in the archives as well.

Many English speaking South Africans transfered to the british Army after SWA and were commisioned, maybe that was the case with his brother.

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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still going, loads of detail

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South African Expeditionary Force Brigade record card

next page - previous service in the 3rd Mounted Rifles

His Record of Officers Service

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Provisional Release Certificate

and reverse

His Active Service Casualty Form as an Other Rank.

and its reverse

His Active Service Casualty Form as an officer:

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