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QSA (2) Cape Colony, Paardeberg (3019 Pte. G. Humphreys, 2nd. Hampshire Regt.) minor official correction to latter part of surname

George Humphreys (listed as Humphries on the medal roll) was born in Audley, Kent, and attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 28 February 1890 a musician by trade. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and is shown on a subsidiary medal roll as also being entitled to the Transvaal and South Africa 1902 clasps, being listed as ‘Deceased’. He died in a railway accident near Barberton, South Africa, on 30 March 1902.

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QSA (5) Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3173 Pte. A. Page, Hampshire Regt.);
[ KSA (2) ]

M&E say Private A. Page of the 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, is confirmed on the medal roll. He also served with the 7th Battalion Mounted Infantry.