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Hi

I have recently started collecting QSA medals as part of my collection and have recently acquired a medal to the Kaffrarian Rifles and I am just curious if anyone can assist in how many of the Kaffrarian Rifles would have been issued the Wittebergen clasp and how common is this clasp to South African Units

Regards

C

Hi Cazack and welcome to the forum.

The Wittebergen clasp to the Kaffrarian Rifles isn't uncommon. I have one myself and a quick skim through the medal roll on Ancestry indicates that at least half of the unit received it, including most of the original intake. Later recruits got the OFS clasp instead and even later recruits only got CC.

David

Welcome to the forum...…

This may give you an idea.....

KAFFRARIAN RIFLES

CAPTAIN E.E. WEBB, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL., WITT.
LIEUTENANT GOULDAR SMITH KAFF: RIFLES, C.C., SA01.

39 CORPORAL F.C. SMYTHE, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C.
457 PRIVATE H.A. SMALL, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL.
488 BUGLER F. E. SAUNDERS, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., TVL
568 PRIVATE G. GOODYER, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., OFS
571 SERGEANT E. THOMAS, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., TVL., WITT.
577 SERGEANT J.P. MCDONALD, KAFF. RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL., WITT.
583 PRIVATE A PERREIRA, KAFFRN:RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER
644 PRIVATE W. COOPER, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL., WITT.
661 PRIVATE G.B. ROBERTS, KAFF. RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL.
671 PRIVATE L. ISAAC, KAFF:RIFLES. C.C., WITT., SA01.
675 PRIVATE A.B. DICK, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL.
693 PRIVATE J.M. ALLEN, KAFF. RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL
740 SERGEANT J.J. SLOGROVE, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., O.F.S., TVL.
786 PRIVATE M. EVANS, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL
827 PRIVATE J.R. MANSFIELD, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, WITT.
865 SERGEANT R. EADIE, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., TVL, WITT., KSA – 2 BARS
891 PRIVATE W. WHITEHEAD, KAFF.RIFLES C.C., WEPENER TVL.
917 PRIVATE A. J. CRANNA, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C.APE COLONY
951 SERGEANT-MAJOR J. ADAMS, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL, (KILLED IN ACTION)
968 PRIVATE T. SILVERWOOD. KAFFRN: RIFLES, C.C., TVL., WITT., KSA – 2 BARS, ALSO SERVED, STEINAECKER'S H.
973 PRIVATE J.A. RICHARDSON, KAFF:. RIFLES, C.C., TVL., WITT., KSA - 2 BARS, ALSO SERVED WITH C.C.C.C.
979 PRIVATE J. FERERE, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., SA01
1006 PRIVATE R. AMERY, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL.
1073 PRIVATE T. SEDDON, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL. WITT.
1090 PRIVATE S. MARRIOTT, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C.
1091 PRIVATE W. BAKER, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., SA01
1234 PRIVATE H. RAWSON, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., TVL., WITT., SA01
1301 PRIVATE F. CARTER, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL. WITT.
1358 PRIVATE H. MAHER, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., OFS, TVL.
1480 PRIVATE P.L. MORAN, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, WITT
1495 REGIMENTAL SERGEANT-MAJOR D. YORKE, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C. OFS.
1527 HOSPITAL SERGEANT J. SHAW, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL..
1562 PRIVATE W. WOODHOUSE, KAFFRN: RIFLES, C.C., O.F.S., SA01, SA02
1673 PRIVATE H. CAMPBELL, KAFF. RIFLES, C.C., O.F.S.
1827 PRIVATE W. H. READ, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., SA01
1985 PRIVATE D. MCDONALD, KAFF: RIFLES, C.C., SA02
2156 PRIVATE C. RIDDLE, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., O.F.S.
21069 PRIVATE J. CREECH, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., TVL, WITT., SA01.
21105 PRIVATE W. COX, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C.
21256 PRIVATE C. RIDDLE, KAFF: RIFLES, C.C., OFS.
22978 PRIVATE A CROSSLEY, KAFF:RIFLES, C.C., O.F.S., SA01
22984 PRIVATE J. GOW, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., SA01
PRIVATE R. McKENNON, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL., WITTE.,
BUGLER SERGEANT MAJOR A.E. BROCK, KAFF.RIFLES, C.C., WEPENER, TVL., WITT., K.S.A. - SA01, SA02 C.G.H.G.S.M. - BECHCHUANALAND

Mike

You are to be congratulated Mike - you seem to have gone in for the Kaffrarian Rifles in a big way. Is it a side theme of yours? Quite a collection!

Good Morning Rory...…

No nothing special Rory..... Just have a lot of old sales catalogues and have been keeping track of South African units when I remember to do so LOL..... A number of years ago I was laid up and going through them kept my mind busy when I could not do anything else..... The two units that I do record as much as possible is Strathcona's Horse and Canadian Scouts...…

Mike

Those are expensive subgroups, Mike