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QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, unofficial retaining rod between state and date clasps (1741 Ord: H. Galloway, St. John Amb: Bde:);
St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1741. Pte. H. Galloway. Warrington Corps.);
BWM and VM (200225 Cpl. H. Galloway. S. Lan. R.)

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QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (1381 Ordly: A. S. Quincey, St. John Amb: Bde:);
BWM and VM (214129. Pte. 1. A. S. Quincey. RAF)

Albert Sumner Quincey served prior to the Great War as a Police Constable with the Metropolitan Police; and on the 1939 Register is listed as the Resident Caretaker at a Library Institution, and a Permanent Fireman.

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[ QSA (2) CC SA01 ]
SJABM (624. PTE J. H. COWAN PENRITH DIV.), engraved in large plain capitals.

Served in 11th General Hospital attached RAMC.

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QSA (2) Cape Colony, Orange Free State (797 Ordly: J. H. Hargreaves, St. John Amb: Bde:);
SJABM (... Pte. J. H. Hargreaves Foulridge Div:)

J. H. Hargreaves served as an Orderly at No. 8 General Hospital.

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QSA (2) Cape Colony, Orange Free State (489 Ordly: W. Andison, St. John Amb: Bde:) officially impressed naming, clasps loose on ribbon as issued;
SJAB Medal (489 Pte. W. Anderson Leicester Corps.) note spelling of surname.

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QSA (2) Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2nd Gde: Ord: C. W. Lane, Van Alen American F. Hosp:) officially impressed naming;
SJAB Medal (333 Pte. C. W. Lane Isle-of-Wight Corps);
Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.S. C. Lane.)

The medal roll for ‘The Van Alen American Field Hospital’ contains 15 names, including Van Alen himself and 9 men of the St John Ambulance Brigade, 2 of whom were drawn from the Isle of Wight Corps. The Van Alen American Field Hospital was the smallest of the donative hospitals to serve in South Africa, and was formed by Mr. Van Alen, an American citizen who agreed to provide - at his own expense - all necessary equipment and transport. The War Office, for its part, agreed to convey the hospital to South Africa and return it to England when no longer required.

Charles William Lane was born at Wroxall, Isle of Wight, in 1878. He was one of two members of the Isle of Wight Corps of the St John Ambulance Corps who volunteered to serve with the Van Alen American Field Hospital in South Africa. He returned to the Isle of Wight after his experiences in South Africa, and married Ada Norris there in 1904. In 1911 he was employed as a Sergeant in the London Metropolitan Police, living in Lewisham, but is thought to have died on the Isle of Wight in 1962.