Mervyn Mitton Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 With the interesting posts appearing for the Boer War , I thought this group might be of interest. They are only loosely mounted for display.The QSA and KSA are to : 4045 Pte. J.E.ADAMS Cheshire Regt.The WW1 - War and Victory to : Pte. J.E.ADAMS 7th.S.A.I. (South African Inf. - The Transvaal Regt.)Good service chevrons - and , always nice, Div. patches. Crossed rifles - pres. as a marksman.The Cheshire Yeomanry were active in S.A. - but, I understand The Cheshire Regt was not posted - he must have been attached to another unit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 TThe Victory medal is the bi-lingual version. English and Afrikaans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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leigh kitchen Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Nice, Merv, but the small red chevrons are WWII overseas service chevrons, worn lower right sleeve, 1 chevron per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 Thanks Leigh - National Service in Australia didn't count as 'overseas service'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Darrell Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Merv, there you go .... was wondering when the Jewels would come out Nice ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9th Black Watch Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 The Cheshire Yeomanry were active in S.A. - but, I understand The Cheshire Regt was not posted - he must have been attached to another unit?Merv,The 2nd Cheshires served in South Africa.http://www.angloboerwar.com/units%20imperi...eshire_regt.htmAll the best,Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Hi Mervyn,Very nice group, thanks for posting.RegardsBrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mervyn Mitton Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 Derek - thankyou for that info.. I have friends in Cheshire and they all said the Regt. was not posted here. I should have checked ! (Hope you are watching Ian!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 The maximum number of overseas chevrons and worn towards the end of WWI was '5' and it would be those who served in 1914, who qualified for '5' which would be a blue one followed by four red's. All others serving after 1914 were worn in red and they were worn point up, not down.Whether or not the South Africans differed I couldn't honestly say, but strips of red are for service during WWII, as no distinguishing blue one was worn, as in WWI.The marksmans badge is off his "blue patrol" jacket, otherwise would have been woven onto scarlet melton cloth for wear with parade dress.The 2nd Bn, Cheshire Regiment served in South Africa from 1900 - 1902 and saw action at "Karee Sidings", "Zand River" and "Johannesberg". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh kitchen Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 The maximum number of overseas chevrons and worn towards the end of WWI was '5' and it would be those who served in 1914, who qualified for '5' which would be a blue one followed by four red's. All others serving after 1914 were worn in red and they were worn point up, not down.....................Typo Graham - WWI overseas service chevrons would be red for 1914, blue for the remaining years, WWII all were red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Stewart Posted June 11, 2009 Share Posted June 11, 2009 Leigh - Just noticed your reply, must have had a senior moment when I wrote that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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