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I have a number of medals to men of the Highland Light Infantry who fought in South Africa in 1899-1902, and have one or more medals to all the following men, and am looking for their QSA and/or KSA to re-unite their full entitlement - grateful for details of any of these, or indeed any HLI medals you hold, as I record all those I have seen, and in most cases can offer some information on the man even if only to confirm medal entitlement etc.
With thanks in advance
Tom

QSA wanted
3426 Private Walter Richmond - Cape Colony/Orange Free State/Transvaal
3480 Private R. Alexander - Modder River/Orange Free State/Transvaal
3779 Private W. Lyons - Cape Colony
3825 Private E. Marsh - Cape Colony
3857 Private G. Owen - Cape Colony, Orange Free State/Transvaal
4005 Private W. Johnstone - Modder River
4226 Private J. Dodds - Modder River/Paardeberg/Wittebergen/Transvaal
4876 Sergeant C. S. Stuart - Cape Colony
6660 Private T. Anderson - Cape Colony/Paardeberg

KSA wanted (all two bars)
2034 Private John Porteous
2778 Private J. Burnett
2893 Private E. Kelly
3446 Private D. Fitzpatrick
3791 Private W. McGerr
3801 Private T. Kempton
3833 Private D. Boyle
4196 Private Joseph Allison
4226 Private J. Dodds

Here are the HLI in my collection for your recordes:

219 – 5238 Private Patterson, T.
364 – Lieutenant Orr, H.J.
443 – 7012 Private Colville, G. (W.W.1 Pair)
501 – 3339 Private Murdoch, J., (KSA)

Mike

Mike,
thanks for such a prompt reply. Details I have on your men are as follows (taken from medal rolls and HLI Chronicles) - 10/1895 means HLI Chronicle of October 1895 and covered the period approx May/June to August/September 1895.
Hope of some help (if only to confirm stuff)
Tom

3339 Private J. Murdoch
1892 - shown as Private, 2nd Btn., (B Co.)
10/1895 - Granted Good Conduct Pay @ 2d
awarded QSA bars Modder River, Wittebergen
awarded KSA bars SA01, SA2

5238 Private Thomas Patterson
1894 - Private (joined 22/03/1894 - 07/94)
18/10/1894 - posted to 1st Btn.
21/11/1895 - in draft for 2nd Btn. in India
07/1896 - appointed Unpaid Lance Corporal
01/1897 - awarded 3rd Class Education Certificate
awarded IGS bar Punjab Frontier 1897/98
awarded QSA bars Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal
awarded KSA bars SA01. SA02

7012 Private J. Colville
all I have up to end of September 1915 (currently working my way through the HLI Chronicles) is that he joined in 01/1900 as a Private in the 1st Btn.
- awarded QSA bars Cape Colony, Orange Free State, SA01, SA02 - forfeited, deserted 1902 - King's Pardon 1910 - re-issued

Lieutenant Hugh John Orr
- London Gazette 13/02/1900 The undermentioned Gentleman to be Second Lieutenant: Hugh John Orr. Dated 14/02/1900
- nothing else recorded in my stuff at the moment

Hi I have a Trooper James Patterson 1st H.L.I. 6751
He was from Patrick Glasgow
Cheers
James

Sadly I can't assist with your reunites, but I have a QSA with single clasp CAPE COLONY as awarded to
4375 PTE A SMITH. 1ST HIGHLAND LT INFY correct single clasp entitlement, roll confirms (thanks Meurig).

Meurig,
many thanks for responding - it's always good to know what medals have survived. As you rightly say, Private Smith only received the Cape Colony clasp which suggests he may have been recuperated to the UK perhaps due to illness. I don't have his papers (if you have them and are happy to share them I'll include all his details in the records I have built up over the years), and there are only three entries in the HLI Chronicle on him, as follows:
04375 SMITH A 1892 Pte. 1st Btn. (H Co).
16/02/94Posted to 2nd Btn. in India.
23/01/96Granted Good Conduct Pay @ 1d.
He also received the IGS clasp Punjab Frontier 1897/98.
That's all I have - sorry can't help more
take care
Tom