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Great stuff Mike. I must ask now if the family know of a medal. Is there a register of medals awarded. I think medals can be purchased now but I don't know if clasps can be attached.

That's great Mike. I must now ask my family if they can recall a medal.

Regarding the medal entitlement, WO100/169 really cannot be any clearer, quite frankly, I should find another "researcher" if I were you, perhaps, someone who knows his business.
His widow would, almost certainly, have been eligible to receive a pension as well as the eight pounds, one shilling and five pence, owing once his account had been settled, not very much for the life of a brave Thomas Atkins, very sad indeed, but absolutely typical.

Bren wrote: Hi Linneyl

I think I'm on to something from the information Rory gave me in my post in "Places". The spelling I should be looking for is Dwarshoek. it is showing up in my searches now.
I have found some documents online that has Hugh's middle initial as "F". I have not yet discovered yet what this stands for.
His QSA is something I was going to ask about in later posts but seeing you mentioned it I hope it will be ok to ask at this time.
I have commissioned a researcher with access to Kew records to try and find out what he can about Hugh. He has informed me that no medal was awarded to Hugh because did not survive the war. Is this how it would have been done.
It's great to know that he would have had 3 clasps on his QSA. (I'm getting prouder of this man all the time).
I think I know why he was the only NF killed at Dwarshoek on that date. Hugh was acting as a dispatch rider when he came across a group of Boers. It is said that he was hit 7 times and died from his injuries in hospital.
Was there such a thing back then as a widows pension?

Hello Mr. Kelley
Oh My God.
The photos you have posted are amazing. What are the documents?
There is a lot of information on them that we did not know about Hugh.
Is there a way of getting a copy of the documents? They would be priceless to us.
Can you recommend a researcher that would "know their business" ?

Thank you so much
Brendan Blake