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Picture courtesy of Noonan's

QSA (4) Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Major. E. Davis. R.A.M.C.) engraved naming;
KSA (2) (Major E. Davis. R.A.M.C.) engraved naming;
[ Great War medals ]

Edward Davis was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 30 May 1885 and served in South Africa during the Boer War as a Medical Officer of the Infantry Division, and was present at the Relief of Ladysmith, including the operations of 17 to 24 January 1900 and the action at Spion Kop; the operations of 5 to 7 February 1900 and the action at Vaal Kranz; the operations of Tugela Heights, 14 to 27 February 1900, and the action at Pieters Hill; and operations in the Transvaal from August 1901 to 31 May 1902.

Advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 30 May 1905, he transferred to the Retired List on 24 November 1906, but saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 October 1914, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 22 June 1915).

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QSA (5) Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (8661 Cpl. G. A. Codling. R.A.M.C.);
KSA (2) (8661 Corpl.: G. A. Codling. R.A.M.C.

Picture courtesy of Mowbray's

QSA (2) Cape Colony, Orange Free State (13082 PTE E.G. BROUGHTON R.A.M.C.);
KSA (2) (3512 PTE. E.G. BROUGHTON S.A.C.)

Edgar Goldthorp Broughton, born in 1865, Yorkshire, enlisted with the RAMC on 6/02/1900 as a Chemist Druggist. He served in South Africa from 12/03/1900, transferring from the No 10 General Hospital to 5 Stn Hospital on 7/01/1901, & was discharged on 19/01/1901. He then joined the South African Constabulary, which under Major-General Robert Baden-Powell policed the Transvaal & Orange Free State.

He migrated to Gisborne, New Zealand, dying there in 1951.