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tasker224
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| 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?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RARE-GENUINE-SOUTH-AFRICA-ZULU-MEDAL-1877-8-9-CLASP-/180763838084?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a165d4684 |
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90th
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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. |
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Mr M. Cooper
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Location : Lancashire, England.
| | 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. |
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tasker224
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| | 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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1879graves
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| | Subject: Re: Pte. H. Mears No. 7 Troop C.M. Rifles Fri Dec 02, 2011 7:12 pm | |
| 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.  |
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tasker224
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90th
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| | 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. |
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1879graves
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| | Subject: Re: Pte. H. Mears No. 7 Troop C.M. Rifles Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:07 pm | |
| 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. |
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90th
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| | 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. |
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tasker224
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| | 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. |
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tasker224
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| | Subject: Re: Pte. H. Mears No. 7 Troop C.M. Rifles Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:12 pm | |
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