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The Queen’s South Africa Medal was instituted in 1900, for award to military personnel, civilian officials and war correspondents who served in South Africa during the Second Boer War from 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902.
Three versions of the medal are known. Since the war was initially expected to be of short duration and to reach its conclusion in 1900, the first medals were struck with the years “1899” and “1900” on the reverse. Approximately fifty of these medals were awarded before it became evident that the war was to drag on much longer. The rest of the dated medals that had already been minted, therefore, had these dates machined off. The third version was minted with an altered reverse and without the years
Natal / Killed 30/10/1899 ( Farquhars Farm)
THE LOSS AT FARQUHAR’S FARM. LONDON, Nov. 3. — General Sir George Stewart White has cabled the War Office that in the engagement on Farquhar’s farm, near Ladysmith, October 30th, when Lieutenant Colonel Carleton’s column was compelled to surrender, six officers were killed and nine wounded. Among the non-com-missioned officers and men the casualties were fifty-four killed and 231 wounded.
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Ghost Dates..
Relief of Kimberley / Paardeberg / Driefontein / Johannesburg / Diamond Hill / Belfast
Cape Colony / Orange Free State / Transvaal / South Agrica 19101 / South Africa 1902
Defence of Kimberley / Orange Free State
Defence of Ladysmith