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I have seen a DSC and Bar that was awarded to the mother of an officer who won his DSC at Gallipoli and the Bar at Zeebruge..... He was wounded and died 24 hours after his return to England following the raid..... I have seen the medal, photos taken at Buckingham Palace and the newspaper clippings..... So there must have been Posthumous awards during WW1..... Mike

Hi Chris..... I am sure that all Gallantry Awards can be awarded Posthumously..... Check "British Gallantry Awards by Abbott and Tamplin"...... Mike

Hello Chris..... There is an ABO roll here take a look..... http://angloboerwar.com/medals-and-awards/boer/1718-anglo-boer-oorlog?showall=&limitstart= Mike

Many years ago before the time of personal computers, yes about the time of hammer and chisel and stone tablets, I used to work in a Canadian Veterans Hospital..... I was very interested even then in Military history and during my lunch hour I used to go to the rooms of many of the vets and tape recorded their stories..... I talked to a couple of Boer War Veterans, a large number of WW1 and WW2 vets, also my own Grandfather who has a 1914 Star Trio..... The sad part of the story is that I lost over 100 tapes in a house fire 20 years ago...... If I had a computer at that time I could have transcribed them...... Mike

Found Him..... "C" Company, 7th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade...... Problem was there is a misprint in the book and has his initials as S.G. Forshaw.....

According to his enlistment documents he joined in Valcartier Quebec, September 24th, 1914 so therefore could have been with the first contingent. His previous service is stated to be in the Boer War with The North Staffordshire Regiment. He enlisted as a Lieutenant but it does not say which regiment he was assigned. The button is also the one that was worn by the British Columbia Provincial Police.

If anyone is interested this is on the auction site we want to hate...... or love...... LOL..... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Queen-Victorias-chocolate-tin-Booklet-Boer-War-1899-1902-/301110600792?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item461b972458 Mike

Thanks Mervyn...... Sorry for taking so long, computer problems...... Mike

Hi Brian...... Just enter Rowntree in the search section and it will take you to a few of the articles written on the subject...... Mike

Good Morning Brian...... Yes that is a very interesting find...... For your information there has been a pamphlet published on the tins which shows up on our favorite auction site occasionally..... "THE STORY OF THE QUEEN'S CHOCOLATE TIN" by Lenaid Kebar, Published in Durban S.A. 1997..... It tells the story of the Cadbury, Fry's and Rowntrees tins, all three companies being owned by Quakers did not want to produce the tins...... The small size tins were made by Cadbury and the larger size were Fry and Rowntree..... It has taken me a number of years but I have all three tins with their original contents..... The Cadbury's tin also had a picture of Queen Victory in it...... There were a total of 129,000 tins produced...... Mike

Good Morning Chris..... If it had the dates I could not have afforded it LOL....... Anyway I already have 2 dated medals LOL..... What would I want with another, tongue sticking in cheek....... All of the Officer medals that I have seen with the exception of 1 (and that was a late issue) have had the dates removed....... Mike

Good Morning Mervyn...... No the Strathcona's did not leave South Africa till January 20th, 1901 (when they boarded the s.s. Lake Erie)..... They did not arrive back in Canada via England till March 8th, 1901..... and The regiment was disbanded March 9th, 1901...... Mike P.S. Mervyn do you know where I can get about 12 inches of the SA Police Faithful Service Medal as shown below...... Thanks......

Good Morning Everyone..... Just thought that I would post a few pictures of my latest acquisition..... Lieutenant Joseph Andrew Benyon, Lord Strathcona's Horse Queen's South Africa Medal - Natal / Orange Free State / Transvaal (Also entitled to South Africa 1901) [The rank on the medal is Captain which is the rank he held in the RCA] Benyon was a Regular Army Officer who took a reduction in rank at the request of the Commanding Officer to be able to serve with the Strathcona's. There is a rumor that he may have been the regimental intelligence officer, but have not been able to verify that yet. He was in command of the Machine Gun Section for a period of time. He has the Transvaal bar and is entitled to the Belfast but since you cannot have them both he has the Transvaal only. There were 19 Transvaal bars awarded to the Strarthcona Horse. He was M.I.D'd twice, June 6th, 1900 and November 9th, 1900, for "Performed Acts of Bravery and Dangerous Duties". Then also he has the Silver Edward VII Coronation medal, one of 25 silvers awarded to Canadians out of 633 medals issued. Let the research begin. Oh yes for you who are wondering "It Was" a Dated Medal but the dates have been removed and it is not a shadow date, you can actually see and feel the indentation on the medal where the dates would have been. You can see in the photo's that there is the inverted apostrophe which was a mistake made during the naming of the first issue of the medals to the Strathcona's. Mike P.S. Just previewed the post and I saw an error that I made in the photos, it should be Coronation and then QSA.....

Yes well worth showing off....... If you don't want it any more please let me know..... LOL Mike P.S. Now I will post my newest......

Fully Possible...... Mike

The initials E.C.R.P. is the name of the designer of the reverse of the medal...... Mike

This symbol has been used by several different countries as a "Dispatch Rider" look in that direction...... i.e. Motorcycle Dispatch..... Mike

On second thoughts it may be French or European..... Mike

Good Morning George...... This is not a British patch but I think that it is American from the WW1 period but am not sure...... Mike

OMG Gentlemen...... I guess it is old age...... Was sitting watching TV tonight and it struck me....... I have a group in my collection that contains 5 stars and 2 bars but no Defence...... Since I am interested in QSA's I have the Fathers set of 5 and the Son's set of 8...... They were issued to C/MX.47967 ERA HERBERT THOMAS PARKYN and his MID was September 8th, 1942..... Mike

Gentlemen..... I just did a quick check in the archives of one of auction houses...... I found 3 very similar sets..... 1) The same 5 Stars, 3 Bars, Defence, War and MID sold for 330 Pounds in 2013 2) The same 5 Stars, Pacific Bar on Burma, North Africa Bar, Defence and War sold for 180 Pounds in 2011 3) Group of 4 Stars and 3 with Bars (F. & G., N.A., Pacific), Defence and War Mike

The button is for "The Governor Generals Foot Guards" of Canada....... Looks like King's Crown..... Mike

I would leave it exactly the way it is and even if they are not named I would never break up a group..... Groups are of more value than single medals always...... Mike

Sure looks like an amateur job in putting them together..... May have been done by the veteran himself or possibly by a dealer who does not know what the correct ribbon arrangement...... There can be many reasons...... Mike

Depends on summer or winter dress uniform also....... Buuuuuuuuttttttt it could also be an ascot....... I had 2 different coloured ones for the same unit once........ Mike