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QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1926 Pte. A. Moorman, Leins: Regt.);
KSA (2) (1926 Pte. A. Moorman. Leinster Regt.) suspension claw re-affixed on KSA

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QSA (5) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6151 Pte. J. Mills. Leinster Regt.);
[ 14-15 Star ];
British War and Victory Medals (247 Pte. J. Mills. Leins. R.)

John Mills attested for the Leinster Regiment and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and then during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 9 July 1915 (also entitled to a Silver War Badge).

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QSA (3) CC; Tvl; Witte (Lieut. J.F. Scobell Leins Regt.)

John Francis Scobell Born 1 June 1877 Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Educated at Marlborough College where his name is inscribed on a tablet in memory of all Marlburians who fell in the war.

Lieutenant John Francis Scobell, 1st Battalion the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). Son of the Reverend John Frederick Scobell and Emily Anne Harris Scobell (nee Bulteel). Baptised on 29 Jul 1877 in Cawnpore, Bengal, India. Commissioned into the Leinster Regiment 1 December 1897. The 1st Battalion sailed from Halifax and arrived at the Cape about 10th May 1900. Along with the 2nd Grenadier Guards, 2nd Scots Guards, and 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment, they formed the 16th Brigade under Major General Barrington Campbell. In May-Jul 1900 the battalion operated around Hammonia, near Ficksburg, Orange Free State. In September 1900 the battalion formed part of a column under Campbell, based on Harrismith. Lieutenant Scobell died of Enteric Fever (typhoid) at Vrede, Orange River Colony aged 23 years. He is also commemorated on the Leinster Regiment Memorial in St Patrick's Cathedral, St Patrick's Close, Dublin.