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CMG b/b;
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1901, date clasp loose on riband (Lt: Col: F.G. Hamley, C.M.G., A.P.D.)

CMG London Gazette 23.4.1901 Major Francis Gilbert Hamley, Army Pay Department: 'In recognition of service during the operations in South Africa up to the 29th November 1900.'

Colonel Francis Gilbert Hamley, born February 1851, the son of General Hamley, C.B.; educated at St. John's College, Auckland, New Zealand; Commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Cornwall Rangers (Militia), February 1872; transferred to the Control Department, September 1873; appointed Paymaster, Army Pay Department, September 1881; promoted Major, September 1891; Staff Paymaster, August 1896; served with the A.P.D. in South Africa, Mentioned in Sir Redvers Buller's Despatches for the Relief of Ladysmith (London Gazette 8.2.1901) and appointed a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George; advanced Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief Paymaster, 7.8.1901; Colonel, 9.5.1904; retired, 1.2.1911; died, 14.9.1918.

I was curious about his MID. The entry for the APD reads:

Army Pay Department-Colonel W Mortimer, chief paymaster, has rendered most valuable assistance; of great experience and sound judgment, his advice has been most valuable, while his energy and knowledge have, I hope, been proved by the regularity with which he has rendered his accounts; I recommend his good work for favourable consideration. Lieutenant Colonel R Ireland has been Senior Field Paymaster throughout, and has rendered good and valuable service. Major F G Hamley has done excellent work as Colonel Mortimer's senior assistant. Captain J O'Hara has been Chief Cash Officer throughout, and has discharged bis duty in a thoroughly good and business-like manner. 1st Class Staff Sergeant Major H Yates and Staff Sergeant Major H George deserve consideration.

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QSA (0) Cape Colony (C. P. C. Hemphill. A.P.D.)

Charles Percy Chisholm Hemphill was born in Bengal in 1873, the son of Lieutenant Charles William Hemphill, 26th Regiment of Foot, and served as a Clerk in the Army Pay Department during the Boer War.

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QSA (1 Cape Colony (436. Serjt. H. Amon. A.P.C.), engraved;
KSA (2) (436 S. Serjt. H. Amon. A.P.C.);
Army LS&GC Ed VII (436 S.Q.M. Sjt. H. Amon. A.P.C.).

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QSA (0) (F. Van Blomenstein. A.P.D.)

A locally recruited Clerk, who served in the Cape Colony.

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OBE, Military, 1st type, HM London 1919;
QSA (3) Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, top lugs removed from CC clasp, with the date clasp block loose on riband (Capt. A. Morland, A.P.D.) engraved naming;
British War and Victory Medals, with MID (Lt. Col. A. Morland.)

OBE London Gazette 3 June 1919.
MID London Gazettes 21 July 1917 (Salonika) and 5 June 1919 (Egypt).

Algernon Morland was born in Dinder, Somerset, on 24 November 1871 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Suffolk Regiment from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on 19 July 1893. He was promoted Lieutenant on 24 March 1897, before transferring to the Army Pay Department as a Captain and Paymaster on 28 January 1899. He served with the Army Pay Department in South Africa during the Boer War, and was promoted Major on 23 January 1910. He saw active service during the Great War as Chief Paymaster, Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and the islands of the Aegean Sea from 20 June 1916 to 1 September 1917, and was Mentioned in Despatches for his services in Salonika. Proceeding to Egypt for service with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force on 28 August 1918, he was again Mentioned in Despatches and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. Placed on Retired Pay with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 3 May 1922, he died in Kew, London, on 2 November 1947.