Pte. H. Mears No. 7 Troop C.M. Rifles

Subject: Pte. H. Mears No. 7 Troop C.M. Rifles Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:36 pm

Lovely medal.
Anyone know where/ what the CMR's were up to on the 22nd Jan 1879?

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Subject: Pte.H.Mears No 7 Troop CMR. Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:32 pm

Hi Tasker .
From memory I think they were with Rowland's No 5 Column , happy to be corrected .
cheers 90th.

Subject: Pte; H; Mears No;7 Troop C.M; Rifles Fri Dec 02, 2011 1:14 am

Hi Tasker

90th is correct, they were with Rowlands reserve column.

Raised 1855 as Frontier Armed and Mounted Force (FA&MF), name changed to Cape Mounted Riflemen 1878.

There is a snippet about them on The South African Military History Society site.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Martin.

Subject: Re: Pte. H. Mears No. 7 Troop C.M. Rifles Fri Dec 02, 2011 6:37 pm

Thanks fellas. Just read that they won 3 VCs during the AZW, so they must have been in the thick of some of the action.

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Hi Tasker224

I am willing to be corrected on this,

Quote :: they won 3 VCs during the AZW

Do you mean - Moirosi's Mountain campaign in Basutoland.
Idea

Subject: Re: Pte. H. Mears No. 7 Troop C.M. Rifles Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:32 pm

1879graves wrote:

Hi Tasker224

I am willing to be corrected on this,

Quote :: they won 3 VCs during the AZW

Do you mean - Moirosi's Mountain campaign in Basutoland.
Idea

i am sure you are right in this graves!

Subject: Pte.H.Mears No 7 Troop CMR. Fri Dec 02, 2011 9:26 pm

Hi all.
I would say either Morosi's mountain or the Sekukuni Campaign ?.
cheers 90th. Idea

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Hi 90th

More than happy be to corrected -

Moirosi's Mountain campaign was during the Zulu War (but as a separate campaign) -

Sekukuni Campaign was after the Zulu War.

Idea

Subject: Pte.H.Mears No 7 Troop CMR. Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:25 pm

Hi Graves1879.
The Medal for the Sekukuni campaign was the same Medal as issued for the AZW , I think it took place on two ocassions
the first time it was abandoned and was launched by Rowlands column ? . Then he I think launched another campaign in
Nov ? . Morosi's mtn also had two campaigns I think one was in June 79 ? ( Failure ) Not sure of the other ? . As Tasker said they
the CMR were awarded 3 VC's during the zulu war so I was trying to differentiate between the campaigns . Hope this makes sense ?
:lol!: :lol!: :lol!: .
cheers 90th. Idea

Subject: Re: Pte. H. Mears No. 7 Troop C.M. Rifles Sat Dec 03, 2011 8:18 am

This particular medal is to a soldier awarded the 1877-8-9 clasp, so it is not unlikely that he would have seen a lot of action in all these campaigns, alongside the 3 VC winners.
Makes it a very desirable medal to look after in one's collection imo.

Subject: Re: Pte. H. Mears No. 7 Troop C.M. Rifles Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:12 pm

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