TOPIC:

Hi okay lets start as follows: looking at the picture:
1. BWM named to Lt F R Evans
2. QSA named to ST - SGT F R Evans R.A.M.C. clasps you should see on the picture but if not CC, OFS and TVL although top one is loose.
3. 1914-15 star renamed LT F R Evans
4. KSA 2802 s.serjt F R EVANS S.A.C.
5 EGYPT MEDAL NO DATE BAR EL-TEB 2435 CPL F R EVANS C.T.C.
6. 79 1ST C SERGT F R EVANS HERNE BAY DIV
STRATING AT THE LEFT AGAIN
7.MINITURES
8. THEN 1911 UNAMED CORONATION MEDAL
9. WOUND BADGE NO S A 11655
10 PICTURE OF F R EVANS LOOKS LIKE WHEN HE WAS A CADET AS NO BADGES OR INSIGNIA
11.MINUTURES
STARTING AT THE LEFT ROW THREE
12. vIC MEDAL BILLINGUAL ENG DUTCH TO LT F R EVANS
13.kHEDIVES STAR 1884 UNAMED
14. jUBILEE 1897 MEDAL ST JOHN AMB WITH WHAT WOULD APPEAR TO BE INCORRECT RIBBON. S/BE DARH BLUE?
NAMED TO 1ST CLASS SUPT OFFR F R EVANS
15. QSA NOT PART OF THIS GROUP.
16. SILVER METALN 1902 CORONATION MEDAL
17 SILVER METAL 1890 BLOEMFONTIEN STATION VRYHEID EN IMMIGRATIE VREDE EN VOORSPOED
18. COPPER COMEMRATION OF THE 50 YEARS OF VIC REIGN 21 JUNE 1887
19 TWO MASONIC MEDQALS TO WOR BRO F R EVANS AS A MARK OF ESTEEM AND APPRECIATION FROM OFFICERS AND B.B. OF KILWINNING LODGE 1911 LODGE NUMBER 981 S G NOTE THE DETAILS ON THE FRONT OF THE MEDALS TRANSVAAL KILWINNING LODGE
20. 1914-18 CONCLUSION OF THE GREAT WAR JOHANNESBURG

I HOPE THIS HELPS

JONATHAN

Thanks for taking the trouble

James

any news

Hello again - I am not sure where to turn for help tracing what happened to my Great-Uncle William Carey born 1881 in Hebden Bridge, and whether this is the appropriate forum in which to post this query. William's brother Ernest Carey was killed in the Boer War (and we received great help with information about him when we first joined this site). Fairly recently we discovered a medal being sold with W Carey's name on it - we are not sure whether this is the person we are looking for but,as we have a photo of 'William' in uniform with a cross on his arm, it is quite possible...........but we simply cannot find anything about him. This is the medal that was for sale - we have tried contacting the auctioneers but have not received a response - can anyone please tell us if the uniform William is wearing is likely to have been worn in the Boer War - and is anything known about the medal.

Hi Carey

This is what I can find on a William Carey from the SA National Archives, and eGGSA website:
Regards

Adrian

DEPOT KAB
SOURCE MOOC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 6/9/425
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 1437
PART 1
DESCRIPTION CAREY, WILLIAM. DEATH NOTICE.
STARTING 19010000
ENDING 19010000

DEPOT NAB
SOURCE MSCE
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 11/380
PART 1
DESCRIPTION CAREY, WILLIAM. (S/S NO NAME GIVEN).
STARTING 19010000
ENDING 19010000

DEPOT KAB
SOURCE MOOC
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 13/1/5059
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 2170
PART 1
DESCRIPTION CAREY, WILLIAM. LIQUIDATION AND DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT. FIRST ACCOUNT.
STARTING 19240000
ENDING 19240000

Dr CAREY W. -1901 :: CAREY Margaret Symington -1959
Died in Ladysmith 8 August 1901

Thank you so much for finding that information, Adrian. As I am pretty sure the William Carey, I am looking for, was born in 1881, this person you have found might not be the same one unfortunately.......but it certainly could be that he travelled to South Africa then stayed there. It seems strange that St John's Brigade in Hebden Bridge have no record of him, if indeed he was a member of the organisation - finding the record of the medal renewed our efforts to find out more.

I greatly appreciate your help.

John