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....Tynemouth is approx. 8 miles ENE of Newcastle upon Tyne, on the north bank of the River Tyne, and by the North Sea. The memorial is sited at the western end of the village green. Although the dedication is to the men of the village of Tynemouth who served in South Africa from 1899 to 1903, there's no mention of 1903 after any of the men's names. Also, by 1903 when the memorial was unveiled, Tynemouth was no longer a village, something Mr St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War from 1900 to 1903, alluded to during the unveiling.
....The nineteen names on the memorial, together with their regiments and dates of service in South Africa, are :—

Private Anthony Lowes, 10th Hussars. 1899-1902
Private F. S. Smith, 2nd Seaforth Highlanders. 1899-1902
Private John Andrew Wilson, Royal Army Medical Corps. 1899-1902
Gunner Robert Finlay, 74th Battery Royal Field Artillery. 1899-1902
Corporal Henry Gray, Royal Army Medical Corps. 1899. Died of enteric fever at Chieveley
Private John A. Jones, 1st Northumberland Fusiliers.1900. Killed at Lichtenburg
Private C. G. Black, Royal Army Medical Corps. 1899-1901
R. D. Beck, South African Constabulary. 1902
Private W. H. Leybourn, 2nd V.B. Northumberland Fusiliers. 1900-1901
Private H. Thompson, 2nd V.B. Northumberland Fusiliers. 1900-1901
Corporal T. Hassell, Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry. 1900-1901
Trooper W. J. Alexander, Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry. 1900-1901
Trooper E. F. Wilson, Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry. 1900
Trooper J. E. Dunn, Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry. 1901-1902
Trooper John Stephen Wherley, Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry. 1901-1902
Trooper W. F. Fergusson, Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry. 1902
Private William Baird, 18th Hussars. 1901-1902
Private Joseph Rowley, 1st Durham Light Infantry. 1902
Trooper Thomas Davison, Driscoll's Scouts. 1902






........................................TPR. A.LOWES. 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS. 1899-1902
........................................PTE. S.SMITH. 2ND SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS.
..............................................................................................................1899-1902
...........................................".... J.A.WILSON. R.A.M.C............................"........"
........................................GNR. R.FINLAY. 74TH R.F.A..........................."........"
........................................CORPL. H.GRAY. R.A.M.C...........................1899
............................................DIED OF ENTERIC AT CHIEVELEY. 1900
........................................PTE. J.A.JONES. 1ST N.F........................."
............................................KILLED AT LICHTENBURG...............1901
........................................PTE. C.G.BLACK. S.A. CONSTABULARY. 1900-1902
........................................PTE. W.H.LEYBOURN. 2ND V.B. N.F. 1900-1901
...........................................".....H.THOMPSON........".........."..........."........"
........................................CORPL. T.HASSELL. N&D. I.Y................."........"
........................................TPR. W.J.ALEXANDER..."........................"........"
...........................................".....E.F.WILSON............"......................."
...........................................".....J.E.DUNN................"....................1901-1902
...........................................".....J.S.WHERLEY........."........................"........"
...........................................".....W.F.FERGUSSON...".........................1902
...........................................".....W.BAIRD. 19TH HUSSARS..........1901-1902
........................................PTE. J.ROWLEY....1ST D.L.I.M.I.................1902
...........................................".....T.DAVISON.....DRISCOL SCOUTS........"




Beyond can be seen the Great War memorial, now with the WW2 names added, in the centre of the village green; a memorial to Queen Victoria stands at the eastern end.



There's not a great deal of coverage in the Shields Daily Gazette of Tynemouth men during the war, perhaps there was a more local paper?


....A TYNEMOUTH DOCTOR FOR THE FRONT.— Dr Battle, who has been house surgeon at the Tynemouth Victoria Jubilee Infirmary since the 2nd ult., and who, previously, had seen service at Spion Kop and Colenso, has been again called upon by the War Office to go out to South Africa, and leaves on Thursday next. Dr Battle is attached to the Army Medical Corps.
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday 11th February 1901


An Excellent Proposal.
....During the progress of the war the Tynemouth Reservist Fund Committee have been liberal in the dispensation of the money entrusted to them by the inhabitants of the town, and now that hostilities are over, the committee propose to wind up the fund by erecting a memorial tablet with the money remaining on their hands. They have now a surplus of considerably over £400. There are, however, still a number of Reservists in South Africa, and their families are receiving an aggregate weekly sum of £7 8s 6d. It is expected that they will all be home by Christmas, so that there will still be a tidy sum left in the fund, and it is with this surplus the committee propose to erect the memorial, not only to the brave fellows of our town who fell fighting at the front, but to all those who went on active service from North Shields. The proposal is an excellent one, and will undoubtedly meet with the approval of the inhabitants of the borough
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday 19th June 1902


....After nearly three years' active service in South Africa Private Anthony Lowes, of the 10th Royal Hussars, was welcomed home on Saturday evening with great enthusiasm by the people of Tynemouth. Lowes, who is a reservist, served continually in General French 's column up to the declaration of peace. He has been remarkably fortunate in going through the whole campaign without receiving a scratch, and he only had two days' sickness during the time. He landed in this country on Friday morning, and arrived at Tynemouth shortly before eight o'clock on Saturday night. An immense crowd had assembled to welcome him home. He was seized by his numerous friends and carried to a waggonette, in which his two brothers also occupied seats. The vehicle was then drawn by a number of men down Front Street and up Percy Street, the procession being headed by the buglers of the local corps of the Boys' Brigade, the route was thronged with people, and the demonstrations of welcome were most hearty. Upon arriving at Lowes' home in Percy Street, the returned warrior was met by County Ald. R. M. Tate, who, on behalf of the inhabitants of the village, congratulated him on getting back safe and sound. The streets were adorned with streamers, etc., in honour of the occasion.
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday 31st July 1902


....In the St. Oswin Hall, Tynemouth, last night, a meeting of the members of the Tynemouth Recreation Association was held for the purpose of considering the question of providing an entertainment at the Palace to raise a fund in aid of an effort being put forward in the village of Tynemouth to make suitable presentations to the volunteers from the village who were engaged in the war in South Africa; secondly, to confer as to what action could be taken to abate the artillery practice at the Castle, which, if continued, would prove a serious drawback to the popularity of Tynemouth as a seaside resort; and, lastly, to consider the question of the railway service to the seaside under the proposed new electric railway scheme, and especially as regarded the question of express trains from Newcastle. County Councillor J. M. Winter presided.
....With regard to the volunteers it was decided to make a presentation to each of them, and also to erect a memorial of some kind, upon which would be inscribed the names of the fourteen men who went to the front from the village of Tynemouth. An entertainment will be organised in the Palace, but if, by this, a sufficient amount is not realised a subscription list will be opened.
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday 16th August 1902


Tommy's Wages.
....What an absent minded beggar Tommy Atkins is to be sure. Since we have once more put off the coat of armour and have settled down in peace and harmony with everybody, Tommy has begun to raise grievances and to develop discontent. He is not satisfied that he should have had the privilege of going to a far-off country to fight a foreign foe, to preserve the dignity and honour of his King and country, but when he comes back he actually begins to quibble over a balance of money due to him for his services! Don't soldiers fight for the love of the thing without the expectations of a pecuniary reward? That is evidently a notion which has crept into the craniums of the War Office people, who are still keeping in their own grasp considerable sums due to returned volunteers. And Thomas Atkins has actually the audacity to hint that he is hard up, and the money should be handed over to him! The War Office, I notice, is preparing a list of the returned soldiers who are unable to obtain employment. When that list is completed, it might be interesting to know how many of them have died of starvation, or are inmates of the Union establishments.
The Broken Promise.
....Tommy may be an absent minded beggar, but apparently there are others even more so. When the war broke out and the call was made for volunteers, what a considerate and loyal being the employer was. When inebriated with the excitement of the moment, and we are strung to the highest tension with enthusiasm and loyalty, what a peculiar gift we seem to possess of making promises. Bless my soul, it comes quite natural to us. There's a tremendous difference when the time comes for us to keep those promises and to carry out what should naturally be expected of us. A number of my readers, maybe, will remember the promises made by employers to their employees who took up arms in South Africa, Of course their employment would be kept for them until they came back. Great changes have taken place since then, however, and Tommy finds it a most difficult thing to obtain an appointment since Brother Boer has submitted to British rule. It was suggested at the last meeting of the Tynemouth Guardians that this accounted for the steady increase of both indoor and outdoor relief. It would be interesting to the ratepayers to have some definite statistics upon the subject.
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday 20th November 1902


Tynemouth's Fallen Sons.
....Tynemouth's people in the past have shown themselves to be most loyal and true, and ever ready to acknowledge worthiness where it is due. A little while ago a proposal was made to erect a statue at the end of the village green in memory of those belonging to Tynemouth who fell during the late South African campaign. That proposal has so far reached the point of realisation that designs of a statue have been approved of and subscriptions amounting to about £80 obtained. That figure, however, is totally inadequate to carry through the work as the estimated cost of the statue is considerably over £100, coming nearer to £200 eventually. I feel confident that it is only necessary to bring the fact before the Tynemouth people to ensure the whole of the money necessary being raised amongst them. It is a most worthy object, and one which will not only appeal strongly to them from the standpoint of loyalty and devotion, but will receive their ready support to commemorate the memory of the noble sons who left the village and found the honours of a soldier's grave in that far-off land, in their King and country's cause. Ald. J. M. Winter is one of the principal gentlemen in the work and will be glad to receive subscriptions, however great or small.
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday 21st May 1903




....Yesterday a tremendous crowd of people assembled on the Village Green at Tynemouth to witness the unveiling ceremony of the South African War Memorial monument, which has been erected by public subscription. The Mayor of Tynemouth presided, and was supported by the Right Hon. St. John Brodrick, M.P., Mrs Brodrick, Earl Grey, Lord Lieutenant of the County, and Ald. J. M. Winter, Rev. Canon Hicks, Ald. T. T. Bolton, Rev. S. Pearson, and numerous others.
....Ald. Winter gave a short resume of the movement which had resulted in the erection of the monument. He then asked the Right Hon St. John Brodrick to unveil the monument, and formally give it into the custody of the Mayor and Corporation of Tynemouth.
....Mr Brodrick upon rising was loudly applauded, and said he had the greatest pleasure in being present to perform the unveiling ceremony, but he hoped that they would not feel that he had in any way exercised a deception upon them. The committee invited the Secretary of State for War to unveil the memorial. He regretted he could not come in that capacity, but although the office was different which he held, the man was the same. (Applause.) He had at least perhaps this claim, that when he saw the names of those whom they were commemorating by that memorial, and when he noticed that the greater number of them were not members of the regular forces but those who voluntarily went forward to rescue the country under a great difficulty, he could not help remembering when he was called upon to take the reins of office in 1900 they were told that the war was over by those who were on the spot and could best advise them, and that they might slacken their energies. Our regular army was almost entirely in South Africa, and the further events proved that we must go on for over 18 months seeking fresh help, which could not have been forthcoming by the ingenuity of any Minister but which was provided by the self-helpfulness and the self-sacrifice of the British people. He dwelt upon that because when he saw so many names of those to whom that memorial had been put up he realised that the village of Tynemouth did not confine its attention or interest to one department of the military service. There were nineteen of those who served in South Africa whose names were upon that memorial. They belonged to the cavalry, who had to bear with the hardest and longest of the marches; the artillery, which at last came out of the war with but little criticism, the famous regiment the Northumberland Fusiliers, the Durham Light Infantry, the Seaforth Highlanders, and the Royal Army Medical Corps. Those regular forces accounted for nine of those whose names were carved upon that monument. The remaining ten belonged to those levies which were suddenly called upon as volunteers and he was happy that the regular army was so admirably supported by those volunteers, when it became so absolutely necessary from the point of view of numbers in the lines of defence at the closing of the war. There were those ten names belonging to the Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry, which stood as a credit and an honour to the village of Tynemouth. He personally had the honour of seeing tbe Northumberland representatives of that yeomanry of the Seconds which went out, and the officer who conducted him through the ranks pointed out. that the Northumberland men had the finest physique of all. (Applause). They were the only men who asked to be allowed to serve together in the same companies and in the same battalions. He personally requested that that request should be granted them in South Africa, because he considered that sort of esprit de corp which should be encouraged. When the history of the late war was written in the future it would most certainly be remembered how those men without being called upon by right, volunteered to share the toils and responsibilities of their regular comrades at the pay of the regular army He hoped that that monument would not merely stand to remind them of services honourably rendered. Let it remind them and their posterity of the occasion which called forth those services. England had very dark days in December of 1899. When they thought of the ultimate result of that war, let them also think of how that dark cloud was turned into lightness, and when they thought of the men who helped to do it, he hoped they would not forget one man above all others—the man who led them to victory. He meant Lord Roberts. (Loud applause.) It had been his (Mr Brodrick's) misfortune in the last few days to part company officially with Lord Roberts with whom he had the pleasure and privilege of co-operating and seeing almost daily during the last three years. He could not help remembering that in 1899 Lord Roberts came forward at the moment of his greatest personal sorrow and when our military fortunes were at a very low ebb. There was one of our forces closed up in Ladysmilh, three others of our forces had been checked, and only one thin line under General French remained to intervene between our enemies and Cape Colony. In two months the reinforcements were poured in and organised by Lord Roberts. Defeat was turned into victory, and we were saved in regard to Ladysmith from humiliation which would have been felt by our children's children as a national disgrace, Mr Brodrick then proceeded to point out that he had done his best with Lord Roberts, to bring the army into such a condition that it would be able to stand a greater strain than it was able to stand when the Boer War began. The auxiliary forces which came so readily to the rescue of the country at that time had proved themselves truly worthy to be relied upon in case of emergency .Three years ago, everybody asked for a strong army. He would claim that with Lord Roberts, he had done what in him lay to secure that our regular army should be equal to a greater strain than it bore when we began the Boer war; and he also hoped that those auxiliary forces which came to our rescue and saved us in a great emergency had been to some extent organised, so that we might rely even more efficiently upon them in the future; and he hoped the day was not far distant when it might be part of our recognised military policy that the regulars and their reserves being exhausted, we might be able to call upon the body of yolunteers to support each regiment in the field, even as the volunteer service companies and the Yeomanry came forward in the last war. And now he congratulated them in that village, so-called, of Tynemouth—though it seemed to him a good deal larger than a village— upon having initiated something which was almost new. Usually memorials were put up only to those who had died or had passed away; but in this case it was different. And so he thought that the memorial, due to local effort, would be an abiding remembrance to them in the North of England of the men who served their Sovereign under great difficulties and in a toilsome and arduous campaign. He hoped that that movement would not rest in Tynemouth. There was no part of the country which showed so admirable and patriotic an effort as the North of England. In unveiling the monument Mr Brodrick complimented the committee upon having shown their recognition of the services rendered by those men in the way they had. Those in the South of England might easily take a leaf out of the book of the North of England. It was most satisfactory to know that they were honouring those men while they lived. It was too often the rule that they waited until the grave had closed over them before any such recognition was given. The flag was then raised from the monument to the strains of "Soldiers of the King."
....The Mayor accepted the monument and remarked that it was the second occasion of the kind that had occurred during his year of office; for, on a previous occasion, he had received for the town the statue of Queen Victoria, that stood at the other end of the green. The Mayor moved a vote of thanks to Mr Brodrick and it was heartily given.
....Mr Brodrick in reply, expressed a hope that the monument would stimulate many to join His Majesty's forces.
....On the motion of Mr W. Graham, a hearty vote of thanks was given to Mr Arthur P. Plummer, who gave his services in the designing of the monument.
....During the proceedings, the Square was kept clear by detachments of the Tynemouth Garrison Artillery, the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade, and the boys of the Wellesley Training Ship. The Wellesley Band was also in attendance.
....Subsequently the Mayor, and Mr and Mrs Brodrick, drove to the Life Brigade House, where afternoon tea was served.
....The following is a list of the names inscribed on the monument, which is composed of redstone:—74th Battery Royal Field Artillery: Gunner Robert Finlay. Royal Army Medical Corps: Corporal Henry Gray (died of enteric fever, Chieveley), Private John Andrew Wilson, Private S. G. Black. 10th Royal Hussars: Trooper Anthony Lowes. 18th Hussars: Trooper William Baird. 1st Northumberland Fusiliers: Private John A. Jones (killed at Lichtenburg). 1st Durham Light Infantry: Private Joseph Rowley. 2nd Seaforth Highlanders: Private F. S. Smith. Northumberland and Durham Imperial Yeomanry: Corporal T. Hassell, Trooper W. F. Fergusson, Trooper J. E. Dunn, Trooper E. F. Wilson, Trooper W. J. Alexander, Trooper J. S. Wherley. Volunteer Service Company 2nd V.B. Northumberland Fusiliers: Private W. H. Leybourne, Private H. Thompson. Driscoll's Scouts: Trooper Thos. Davison. South African Constabulary: Trooper R. D. Beck.
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday 14th October 1903


....On Saturday evening the committee who had the management of the Tynemouth War Memorial Fund held their final meeting in the Priory Schools, Tynemouth. County Ald. J. M. Winter presided over a large attendance of members. An interesting financial statement was presented, which showed that the cost of the memorial which was erected on the village green at Tynemouth, and unveiled by the Right Hon. St. John Brodrick, M.P.. Secretary of State for India, and late Secretary of State for War, was £136. After discharging all liabilities there was a balance of £1 2s 5d left in hand.—The Chairman suggested that this balance should be handed over to the widow of William Grey, who died whilst on active service in South Africa, from enteric.— This suggestion was heartily endorsed by the committee, who voluntarily increased the amount to £5 4s 11d.—The Chairman, the secretary (Mr T. Moore) and the treasurer (Mr C. George) were appointed as a deputation to hand over the money to Mrs Grey who is left with two children. In his speech at the unveiling ceremony Mr Brodrick expressed the hope that the example of the committee would be followed in other parts of the country. It is interesting to learn that a letter has been received from Worcester, asking the committee for full particulars of the scheme, and the organising of the fund.—The secretary has been asked to forward the information required.
Shields Daily Gazette, Tuesday 20th October 1903

Berenice,

This is excellent research. Thank you for all the work you put into your posts. As someone who transcribes newspaper articles, I know how much effort is needed to do that.

Cheers, David. The time spent transcribing newspaper articles can be very rewarding though, as I've 'discovered' quite a few (20+) previously-unrecorded ABW memorials by doing so.

Here's a post-war piece I found concerning John Wherley, one of the returned Tynemouth Yeomen. In his evidence, he stated that he was awarded five bars - was that correct?


...."An amusing case, arising out of the hire of a charger for the last annual training of the Northumberland Yeomanry, was heard at the Newcastle County Court, yesterday afternoon, before his Honour Judge Greenwell.
....The defendant was John S. Wherly, a young man living at Tynemouth, and a trooper in the Yeomanry, and the claim against him was for £4 in respect of a fortnight's hire of a horse, the plaintiff being Colin Duncan Forbes, a well known riding master in the city.
....Mr Dunn appeared for the plaintiff.
....Plaintiff stated that the defendant came to him last June and asked for a charger for the annual Yeomanry training. Witness showed him a bay mare and agreed to let defendant have it, after he had tried it. The animal was a very quiet one, and had been extensively used in the riding school for learning both ladies and gentlemen, but, as he told the defendant, it wouldn't stand whip or spur.
....His Honour: What did you think of his ability to sit in a saddle?
....Witness: Not much. I wouldn't have given him a better one if I had had one in.
....Proceeding, witness said the defendant kept the horse the full time he was with the Yeomanry. When witness sent in his account about a month or six weeks afterwards defendant refused to pay.
...."And wrote you this letter dated August 18th?" queried Mr Dunn. Plaintiff replied in the affirmative.
....The letter stated: "In reply to your letter of the 16th, I beg to inform you that I have had legal advice . . . and am advised that as there is a breach of warranty on the agreement signed by you on the 24th June, to enter a counter claim against you. . . .
...."Your mare," the letter proceeded, "is not a charger by any manner of means—(laughter)—nor is it fit for the work you let her for. It was a thing impossible to get her to leave the troop, and when my officer ordered me on any duty apart from the main body, I was unable to comply as I can very easily prove. My training was thoroughly spoilt through your mare, and I would have been well advised to pay you for not letting me have her. (Laughter.) I have learnt that she has been unsatisfactory before and several of our men declined her this year."
....His Honour: Has this mare ever been refused for Yeomanry before?
....Plaintiff: Never; she has been there three years in succession, and gave every satisfaction.
...."You wrote in reply on Oct. 29th," continued Mr Dunn, examining plaintiff, and you received this letter, dated September 1st"?"—"Yes."
....The second letter, as read out in court, stated, "Dear sir, I am in receipt of your letter of the 29th. . . . I do not believe for one moment that you are surprised the horse did not come up to my expectations. As to my keeping the horse full time, how do you suppose I could absent myself from camp without authority for the purpose of returning your animal. You should congratulate yourself on the fact that your horse has been fed and attended for sixteen days by the regiment free. (Laughter.) . . . Then there are the libellous letters to headquarters, for which you can be made to pay handsomely. . . . It is scandalous that a man like you should be allowed to inflict your notorious animal on a man who is devoting valuable time in the service of his country. (Laughter.) I can easily prove that your aged and duck-toed horse—(laughter)—which you have been pleased to term a charger does not answer the purpose of a fourth class hack. I have already described to you some of the vagaries of this beast, and I have more to describe to his honour when your action comes up for hearing. Some other gentlemen will testify as to the horse's habit of resisting, falling into rivers and coming back over. (Laughter). . . . I repeat that had I paid you £10 for not lending me your horse I should have been well advised."
....Concluding his evidence, plaintiff said the defendant had got paid by the regiment for providing the horse, so that really he got the money.
....His Honour: He has received the country's money for the use of your horse.
....The defendant (cross-examining plaintiff): You have made reflections about my horsemanship. Are you aware that I have served in the South African War.
....Plaintiff: That doesn't say anything for you at all. (Laughter.)
....His Honour: A great many who went there were sent back because they couldn't ride.
....Defendant: I wasn't one of them, sir. I have five bars to show I have been in battle.
....His Honour: I am not suggesting you were. But what has South Africa to do with this horse?
....Defendant replied that he was trying to show that the horse was not fit for duty, because he himself was a good rider and could manage any horse within reason.
....Two witnesses who had had experience of the animal were called by the plaintiff, and they testified to the amiability of the horse, and also that it was a good jumper.
....Defendant was then sworn, and said his case was that the animal was not sound in limb, because of one of his hoofs being turned in, and that it was not fit for the Yeomanry training, and therefore that there had been a breach of warranty. He instanced one occasion when he was ordered to go out scouting. The horse went a few yards, but bolted back to the main body. On several occasions it had sat down with him— (laughter)—and altogether he had had a miserable time of it at the camp. It was the worst horse in the regiment. He was never able to leave the ranks. Mr Forbes said she wouldn't bear whip or spur. "Then how," he asked, "are you to get her to go at all?"
....Asked if he had been accustomed to horses defendant replied "Yes, all my life."
....His Honour: You have got this against you. You have served your training and you have earned your pay and your grant. If you hadn't had a horse which did this work to the satisfaction of your commanding officer you wouldn't have got that.
....Defendant: You get the grant for coming mounted.
....His Honour: You would not have got the grant if you had gone with a long-eared animal with no hair on its tail. (Laughter.) I am bound to find that this mare was fit to do its duty, because you earned the grant. You say it was not fit, but you don't bring a single item of evidence to prove that.
....Defendant said he would bring witnesses if his Honour granted an adjournment.
....His Honour said he did not think it was his duty to allow it. The only thing defendant had said was that the mare was on one occasion unwilling to leave the ranks. One couldn't convert a horse, whether out of a cab, or a riding school, or anywhere else, into a thoroughly trained cavalry horse in a fortnight. Judgment would be for the plaintiff with costs."
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday 16th November 1904

Hi Berenice
He wasn't lying.
John Stephen Wherly

JS Wherly... Trooper 32625 101st 5th Battalion Company Imperial Yeomanry.

QSA 5 clasps. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and 1901 & 1902 date clasps.

Dave F wrote: Hi Berenice
He wasn't lying.
John Stephen Wherly

JS Wherly... Private 32625 101st 5th Battalion Company Imperial Yeomanry.

QSA 5 clasps. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and 1901 & 1902 date clasps.

Excellent! He should have worn his medal in court, it could have helped his case.