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Medal, campaign
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George William de Saulles |
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Medal, campaign |
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| Object type | Wars of empire/wars; imperialism/British Empire Classification: 278 |
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English: Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 Medal (part of mounted set) awarded to 10545 Cpl Ernest William Webb, T Bty, Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) silver medal; plain straight swivelling suspension; with ribbon obverse- crowned and veiled head of Queen Victoria and legend- VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX reverse- Britannia with a flag in her left hand and holding out a laurel wreath in her right towards an advancing party of soldiers; in the background are two warships; the wreath in Britannia’s hand points to the letter ‘R’ in the word ‘AFRICA’; below the wreath, in two lines, appear the dates ‘1899-1900’ in relief; around the top are the words ‘SOUTH AFRICA’ ribbon- red with two dark blue stripes and a broad orange central stripe five bars- RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY - PAARDEBERG - DRIEFONTEIN - JOHANNESBURG - BELFAST named on edge - 10545 CPL E.W. WEBB T. BTY, R.H.A. |
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| Date | (1900); 11 Oct 1899-31 May 1902; Anglo-Boer War; Queen Victoria (1837 - 1901)-English reign | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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diameter: 36mm |
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800507 (object number) |
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| Place of creation | Republic of South Africa; England; South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Exhibition history | Display: 1G 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, N1417.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 - five bars Medal awarded to 10545 Cpl Ernest William Webb, T Bty, Royal Horse Artillery five bars- BELFAST JOHANNESBURG DRIEFONTEIN PAARDEBERG RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY English-born Ernest William Webb served in South Africa with the Royal Horse Artillery, receiving the QSA and KSA with seven bars. He took his discharge in South Africa and served with the Transvaal Police until 1908. He then migrated to New Zealand with his wife and took up a position with the Christchuch Fire Brigade (1909-1911). He then joined the Permanent Staff of the Defence Force, although he had resigned from this employment before the outbreak of World War One. At the outbreak of WW1 Webb enlisted with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles. He served on Gallipoli and was invalided back to New Zealand at the end of 1915. He then was employed as an Instructor in New Zealand. Following his discharge Webb contined to serve with the Territorials (Canterbury Yeoman Cavalry.) until 1938 and at the time of his retirement in 1938. He died in Auckland in 1956. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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