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QSA (6) Natal, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (2472. Pte. H. Chiles. Glouc. Rgt.), engraved.

Described as: Henry Chiles of Bedminster, Bristol, served with the 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, and is confirmed on the medal roll. Offered with copied 'short service' papers.

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DSO GV:
QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, (Lieut: E.F.B. Witts. V: Coy Glouc: Regt);
1914-15 Star, (Capt. E.F.B. Witts. Glouc. R.);
British War and Victory Medals with MID (Major E.F.B. Witts.);
Special Constabulary Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, GV (E.F.B. Witts.).

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BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (0) (Trooper G. G. Pomeroy, M.R.F.);
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut. G. G. Pomeroy. Glouc. Rgt.) engraved naming;
AGS 1902 (1) N. Nigeria 1902 (Lt. G. G. Pomeroy, Glouc: Rgt:);
[ 1914-15 Star trio ]

Granville George Pomeroy was born at Bristol on 15 May 1878, the eldest of five sons, and was educated at Clifton College and served in the Somerset Militia. He attested for the Mashonaland Mounted Police sometime in 1895, and in the following year took part in the Jameson Raid, being shot through the left knee and taken prisoner. He was treated at Krugersdorp Field Hospital and was one of the twenty or so wounded prisoners who signed a letter of appreciation to the hospital staff for their kindness and attention. He was one of the last prisoners to be released, on 31 January 1896, and later that year took part in the operations in Rhodesia with the Matabeleland Relief Force.

Back in England Pomeroy obtained a commission with the 4th Somerset Light Infantry, as Second Lieutenant, in May 1897. Advanced to Lieutenant in November 1899, he took a regular commission in the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment in March 1900 and served with them in the Boer War, including the operations of the Drakensburg Defence Force and the seizing of Van Reenan’s Pass.

He was subsequently attached to the West African Frontier Force and took part in the operations in Nigeria in 1902. During the Great War he served in France as a Captain in the South Staffordshire Regiment, 12th Yorkshire Regiment, and later with the West African Field Force, attached to the Nigeria Regiment.

He was latterly Assistant Commissioner of Police, North Nigeria, and died of malaria at Zungeru, Nigeria, on 30 March 1917.