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Lance-Corporal W. Boyd, Cookhouse Town Guard, late Frontier Light Horse and Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guard
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littlehand
Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 53 Location : Down South.
Subject: Lance-Corporal W. Boyd, Cookhouse Town Guard, late Frontier Light Horse and Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guard Sun Nov 27, 2011 9:14 pm
Lance-Corporal W. Boyd, Cookhouse Town Guard, late Frontier Light Horse and Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guard. William Boyd was one of 83 men in the Frontier Light Horse to qualify for the “1877-8-9” clasp; one of four in Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guard to qualify for both the “Transkei” and “Basutoland” clasps, and one of around 100 men awarded the Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 for services in the Cookhouse Town Guard.
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90th
Posts : 10473 Join date : 2009-04-07 Age : 66 Location : Melbourne, Australia
Subject: Lce - Crp .W. Boyd Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:14 pm
Hi Littlehand . This from Terry Sole's ' For God , Queen & Colony ' A photocopy of the original roll . Trooper . W. Boyd 64 Date of enrolement 22 / 5 / 78 , Date Of Discharge 3 / 2 / 79 . Engagements A , B . C . Those marked '' A '' were engaged against the Gaikas , Galekas & other Kaffir tribes 1877-78. Those Marked '' B '' were engaged against the zulus in 1879 . Those marked '' C '' were engaged against Sekukuni . cheers 90th .
Lance-Corporal W. Boyd, Cookhouse Town Guard, late Frontier Light Horse and Prince Alfred’s Volunteer Guard
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