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[ Queen's Sudan ];
QSA (2) Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (3653 Pte. W. J. Byles. Rifle Brigade.);
KSA (2) (3653 Pte. W. Byles. Rifle Brigade.);
[ Khedive Sudan (1) Khartoum ]

William John Byles was born in 1877 and was native to Lowestoft, Suffolk, working there as a labourer when he enlisted at Great Yarmouth into the Rifle Brigade on 26 March 1895. He saw service in Egypt with the 2nd Battalion.

Byles was discharged on 25 March 1907

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QSA (3) Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (6239. Pte. G. Gilmour. Rif. Brig.) engraved naming;
British War Medal 1914-20 (6239 A.W.O. Cl. 2 G. Gilmour. Rif. Brig.);
Army LS&GC GV (6239 C. Sjt: G. Gilmour. Rif: Bde:)

George Gilmour was born on 6 January 1879 and attested for the Rifle Brigade on 6 October 1898. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. An Orderly Room Clerk for much of his service, he was advanced Acting Warrant Officer Class II and and saw further service during the Great War with the 6th Battalion on Draft Conducting Duties (entitled to a British War Medal only). Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 July 1917, the following year he was appointed Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant of the 2nd Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Volunteer Battalion. He was discharged on 24 July 1921, and saw further service during the Second World War at the Recruiting Office in Southampton. He died in Parkstone on 1 August 1963.

QSA verified on WO100/210p30