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A Swede in French's Scouts - Alfred Janson 4 years 9 months ago #64165

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Frank's comments about the scarcity of QSAs to French's Scouts rang a bell. Stirling says the unit was comprised of "about three squadrons". About ten years ago, I put a winning bid up on a QSA to -
"10003 Tpr. H.L.Taylor, French's Scouts" with clasps CC/OFS/JHB/DH/BELF/1901. I don't think I have seen another since. Certainly not locally.
Your excellent post on has made me decide to check it out further!
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Hello Ian,
It was simply an observation, but, I don't know really why that should be, French's Scouts were raised in Cape Town, initially as just a single squadron, during December 1899, with official authority only forthcoming in the new year, certainly from memory, at least, the 13th of January, they were subsequently disbanded at Middleburg on the 31st of December 1901.
Harry Taylor's medal is a particularly nice example, he appears to have been discharged upon the 6th of May 1901, a brief glance at WO100/247 does confirm his medal and clasps were sent to the OC DDCT (Officer Commanding Discharge Depot Cape Town} on the 26th of March 1906.
Surviving papers for rankers in French's Scout are in WO126/45-46 at Kew and may yield a little more information, notwithstanding, on the face of it, I think you certainly have a very good medal.
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Frank's comments about the scarcity of QSAs to French's Scouts rang a bell. Stirling says the unit was comprised of "about three squadrons". About ten years ago, I put a winning bid up on a QSA to -
"10003 Tpr. H.L.Taylor, French's Scouts" with clasps CC/OFS/JHB/DH/BELF/1901. I don't think I have seen another since. Certainly not locally.
Your excellent post on has made me decide to check it out further!
Regards
IL.

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Including duplicates there are over 450 names on the unit page: www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/so...s/334-frenchs-scouts
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One of the tasks on my Wepener todo list is to search the attestation papers for French's Scouts which I will do on my next visit to the Archives possibly this Saturday. I will have the whole box of French's Scouts attestation papers, so if anyone needs a search of this box please let me know.
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If you have the time David - please trawl through for Janson's first set of papers (I have iro his second) - among naming variables would be Johanson/Janson/Jansen

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Rory,

These are his papers from WO126/45







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