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The medals to J H Salter DCM ( www.angloboerwar.com/forum/5-medals-and-...ncers?start=12#73819 ) are being re-advertised by DNW. They sold in January 2021 for a hammer price of £2,800.

Picture courtesy of Morton and Eden

CMG b/b s/g with cavalry-style supporting rod behind;
BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0) (Capt. R. Mc.Farlane, R.F.F.), engraved in sloping capitals;
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt. R. MacFarlane 9/Lcrs:), engraved in sloping capitals;
KSA (2) (Capt. R. Mc Farlane. C.M.G. 9/ Lancrs.).

CMG LG 1 January 1898 – ‘in recognition of services in connection with the suppression of the revolt of Matabeles in Rhodesia’

Major Ronald McFarlane was born in 1860 in Campsie, Stirlingshire on 22 June 1860, the 4th son of D. McFarlane and Catherine McFarlane (née Schaw). Educated privately, and then at Sandhurst, he received a commission as Second Lieutenant with the 9th Lancers on 31 January 1880, rising to Lieutenant o 1 July 1881, and then to Captain on 23 May 1888.

After a relatively uneventful early career he retired from service on 31 May 1892 (with gratuity) but evidently volunteered to serve with the Bulawayo Field Force in the Matabele Rebellion in 1896. Ransford, writing later, commented that the ‘Army’s loss was Bulawayo’s gain, for this bearded officer with the piratical air and a hard instinctive fondness for fighting became the backbone of its defence… never a bad word is said about Captain Macfarlane’. As an enemy force drew near to the town of Bulawayo near the Unguza River, MacFarlane was sent to confront them:‘

On April 25, 290 white troopers and friendly natives under the command of Captain Ronald Macfarlane left Bulawayo to scout the Unguza. Supported by a 1-pounder Hotchkiss gun and a Maxim, the patrol soon encountered several hundred Ndebele. A skirmish line of mounted scouts managed to draw the warriors into range of the two larger guns, and a fierce firefight erupted. ‘Bullets of all sorts came whistling along, from elephant-guns, Martinis, Winchesters, and Lee-Metfords, and for about an hour things were decidedly unpleasant, wrote Lieutenant Claude Grenfell. The Ndebele made two determined rushes to reach the Maxim gun, but were driven back with heavy losses. Macfarlane, in the meantime, ordered a mounted charge against Ndebele warriors gathering behind a rock ridge to the left.’ For these services in command of patrols he was Mentioned In Despatches, and was appointed CMG in the New Year’s Honours of 1898.

MacFarlane also served during the Boer War of 1899-1902, and afterwards is believed to have lived out his remaining days in Rhodesia. MacFarlane was reputedly a keen shot, huntsman and polo player, and Secretary of the Bulawayo Club.

He is mentioned numerous times in Frank Courtney Selous’ book ‘Sunshine and Storm In Rhodesia’.

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QSA (5) Relief of Kimberley, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (3769 Pte: T. W. Dale. 9/Lcrs.)

T W Dale was killed by the explosion of a mine near Vredefort Road on 26 June 1901.

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QSA (7) Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3928. Corpl. H. Parish. 9/Lcrs.) note spelling of surname, with unofficial copper rivets to 3 of the clasps;
KSA (2) (3928 Corpl. H. Parrish. 9th Lancers)

Noonan's say 'Sold with copy of medal roll confirming all seven clasps, the Relief of Kimberly clasp is noted as ‘added’, suggesting that this was sent later, which probably explains the unofficial rivets. The K.S.A. roll states, ‘sent home, invalide’.'

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QSA (2) Belmont, Modder River (3978 Pte. E. Lloyd. 9th. Lancers.) with tope silver brooch bar, edge nick, very fine

E. Lloyd served with the 9th Lancers in South Africa during the Boer War, and was wounded in action at Modder River on 28 December 1899. He was invalided to England.

9th Lancers on the march, evening

A squadron of Lancers, riding at dusk, across the dreary South African Veldt is a fine and impressive spectacle. The dark figures of the men and horses, with the lances sharply outlines against a stormy sky, when seen in reality, is particularly striking.

Source: www.angloboerwar.com/forum/19-ephemera/3...l-1900?start=0#89968