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[ Queen's Sudan ];
QSA (1) Cape Colony (2272 Serjt: W. Marsh. N. Staff: Regt);
[ Khedive Sudan (1) Hafir ]

W. March served with the 4th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. SA02 listed on WO100/199p238/ Queen's Sudan on WO100/81p87.

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QSA (1) Cape Colony (6013 Cpl. G. Jordan. N. Stafford: Regt.);
KSA (2) Corpl: G. Jordan. A.P.C.)

George Jordan was born in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, in 1881 and attested for the 4th (Militia) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment at Lichfield on 10 October 1899. Transferring to the Regular Army on 18 November 1899, he served initially with the North Staffordshire Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War, before transferring to the Army Pay Corps on 4 December 1901. Advanced Sergeant on 4 December 1907, he was discharged on 14 December 1913, medically unfit for further service, after 14 years and 27 days’ service.

He died in Burton-on-Trent on 30 October 1914.

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Sudan (2764 Srgt. C. Medway 1/N. Staff; R.);
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2764 Sgt:-Mr: Cook. C. Medway. Nth: Staff; Regt.);
KSA (2) (2764 Cr:-Serjt: C. Medway. N. Staff: Regt.);
Khedive’s Sudan (1) Hafir (No. 2764 Sergt. J. Medway. 1. N. Staff. R.) Regimentally engraved naming.

Charles Medway was born in Lynton, Devon, in 1866 and attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment at Devonport on 12 April 1889, having previously served in the Yeomanry. He was promoted Corporal on 10 March 1892, and Sergeant on 9 November 1894, and served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 5 October 1895 to 27 November 1897, taking part in the Dongola Expedition in 1896.

Appointed Sergeant Cook on 17 April 1897, he saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War from 14 January 1900 to 8 October 1902, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 29 July 1902).

Subsequently serving in India from 3 October 1903 to 1 April 1910, he was appointed Sergeant Major Cook on 23 March 1904, and was discharged on 19 April 1910, after 21 years and 8 days’ service.

He died in Hampstead, London, on 20 December 1938.

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QSA (2) Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (5269 Pte. S. Stretch. N. Staff: Regt.) surname partially officially corrected;
1914-15 Star (9469. Pte. J. S. Stretch. N. Staff. R.);
British War and Victory Medals (9469 Pt.e J. Stretch. N. Staff. R.)

Joseph Stubbs Stretch was born in Silverdale, Staffordshire, in 1878 and attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment. He served with the 3rd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War.

He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 January 1915. Subsequently transferring to the Labour Corps, he was discharged on 16 August 1918.