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There is some information on the AVD here: www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/im...rmy-veterinary-corps


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IGS 1854 (1) Waziristan 1894-5 (Vety. Lieut. C. Rose Army Vety: Deptt:);
IGS 1895 (3) Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (Vety: Lieutt: C. Rose. A. V. Deptt.);
QSA (2) Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Vet: Lieut: C. Rose. A.V.D.);
KSA (2) (Vet: Capt: C. Rose, A.V.D.);
1914 Star, copy clasp (Major C. Rose. R.A.V.C.);
British War and Victory Medals (Major C. Rose.)

Pair issued 18 April 1946.

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Afghan (1) Charasia (Vet: Sur: S. Gillespie. F/A. R.H.A.);
QSA (2) Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Vet: Major S. Duff-Gillespie, A.V.D.);
KSA (2) (Vet: Maj: S. Duff-Gillespie. A.V.D.);

Veterinary Major Samuel Duff-Gillespie (1849-1940), of Dundalk, Ireland, was born on 8 February 1849 and served with the Royal Horse Artillery as Veterinary Surgeon 2nd Class (on probation) from 10 June 1874, seeing service in the Afghanistan Campaign of 1878-80. Present at the Battle of Charasia, he was later promoted to Veterinary Major 1st Class on 26 September 1884, later joining Army Veterinary Department (A.V.D.).

He also served during the Boer War in South Africa during the operations in Cape Colony and in the Orange Free State, eventually retiring from service on 3 February 1904.

After a long retirement he died during the Second World War on 19 February 1940 at the age of 91, at Malahide County, Dublin, Ireland.

Ex Sotheby’s, 15 November 1979.

The trio to Veterinary Major Samuel Duff-Gillespie sold for a hammer price of GBP 900. Totals: GBP 1,116. R 25,780. AUD 2,060. NZD 2,220. CAD 1,820. USD 1,370. EUR 1,260.

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QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Civ: Vet: Surg: J. H. Hulseberg, A.V.C.) officially impressed naming,

John Henry Hulseberg qualified in London on 15 December 1897. During the Boer War he saw service in South Africa for an unknown period of time as a Civilian Veterinary Surgeon attached to the Army Veterinary Department at Mooi River. After the war he returned to England. He succumbed to meningitis at the College Hospital, St Pancras, London, after many years of suffering, on 2 February 1914, aged 46. He was the eldest son of Lieutenant-Colonel J W Hulseberg, Army Medical Department.

State clasps verified on WO100/230p199. SA01 on WO100/230p259.

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QSA (4) Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (C.V.S. F. S. Probyn. A.V.D.);
1914-15 Star (Major F. S. Probyn. A.V.C.);
British War and Victory Medals (Major F. S Probyn),

Frederick Stewart Probyn, most likely a nephew of Thomas Frederick Arms, was born at Norwich on 26 August 1876. He served during the Boer War as a civilian veterinary surgeon, one of about 100 of whom volunteered for service in South Africa with the Army Veterinary Department, with whom he served from April 1902-December 1907.

He served as a Major in the Army Veterinary Corps during the Great War in Mesopotamia and retired from the Army on 2 October 1920.

He died at Sidmouth in July 1956.

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QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (Civ. Vet. Surg. A. C. Smart. A.V.C.)

M&E state that A C Smart, of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, served in the Boer War with ‘B’ Section, No 2 Field Veterinary Hospital, of the Army Veterinary Corps, and is confirmed on the roll. In the years leading up to the Great War he appears to have operated as an inspector of livestock for tuberculosis, and re-enlisted to serve during the Great War as a Captain (temp.), again with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps.