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HELLO MEMBERS

CAN I GET SOME INFO ON THIS GROUP

THANK YOU
CASEY

36714 PTE. A MCINTOSH LOVAT'S SCOUTS
BARS CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, SA 1901, SA 1902.

WWI SAEC / 4TH SAI

CANINF
My IY CD says "36714 MACKINTOSH 114 Coy IY Lovats". I like Lovat's QSAs.
IL.

Good Afternoon Casey......

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First name(s) Alexander
Last name Mackintosh
Service number(s) 36714
Rank Private
Regiment Lovat's Scouts
Literary references The National Archives WO128. Imperial Yeomanry,Soldiers
Notes "McIntosh" on Roll. Discharged, Base Coy., 05/07/02
The Queen's South Africa (QSA) Medal Clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902
Unit: 114 Lovat's Scouts Company, Rank: Private, Number: 36714

His service documents are on line but I do not know how to copy them over to here......

Mike

They were really quite special when compared with the rest of the Imperial Yeomanry!

LinneyI wrote: CANINF
My IY CD says "36714 MACKINTOSH 114 Coy IY Lovats". I like Lovat's QSAs.
IL.

The way to go here, is a manual search here in Great Britain, WO128 for his service in the 114th IY, then take it to Pretoria, his star is for service with the South African Engineers in German South West Africa in 1914-1915, so there will be a medal card for that, the Great War pair was for service in the famous "South African Scottish" in their 1st Infantry Brigade, which fought in France, so you should expect to find his papers have survived as well as another detailed card for the pair.
A good campaign group, the 1st South African Infantry Brigade were superb and saw some really bitter fighting from July 1916 well into 1918 in France.

Incidentally, I note that there was a Private A McIntosh in B Company of the 4th South African Infantry who served with them at Delville, in July 1916, if it is the same man, you not only have a founder member of the SA Scottish, but, a really superb group.