The report from the Dumfries & Galloway Standard details name and town of the Volunteers who got or would get this Tribute medal.
I counted 32 names
Note that this includes Moffat, Ecclefechan, and Annan Volunteers.
It will include those Volunteers who were in the re-inforcement draft who went out in March 1900
DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY SATURDAY STANDARD
JULY 6, 1901. page 6 column 7
HONOURING ACTIVE SERVICE VOLUNTEERS
PRESENTATION OF MEDALS TO THE DUMFRIESSHIRE MEN
An interesting function took place in the Royal Restaurant, Dumfries, on Thursday evening, when the members of the active service company from the Dumfriesshire Volunteers were presented with gold medals, these having been purchased with the balance of the fund raised about eighteen months ago to send out comforts when they were at the front. The medals or pendants (of which we give an illustration) are of a very neat appearance. On the obverse is the badge of the battalion-the lion surmounting the crown, surrounded by the thistle, and with the inscription, “The King’s Own Scottish Borderers:” while on the reverse, within a border formed by crossed flags and laurel branches, are the words, “South African Campaign, 1900,” followed by the name of the recipient.
The function took the form of a cake and wine banquet to which a few invitations had been issued. …………………
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The active service Volunteers present, most of whom were in their khaki uniform, the majority wearing the South African ribbon, were Corporal T. McVinnie, Corporal R. Rae, Dumfries; Lance-Corporal R. G. Adamson, Lockerbie; Lance-Corporal A. Keen, Canonbie; Lance-Corporal J. Williamson, Thornhill; Private J. Turnbull, Langholm; Private W. Watson, Private A. Kempsall, Dumfries; Private J McKimmie, Annan; Private A. Murray, Ecclefechan; Private J. Adamson, Thornhill; Private P. Jeffrey, Dumfries; Private W. McLeary, Langholm; Private J. Cunningham, Private J. S. Waugh, Sanquhar; and Private T. Maxwell, Annan. The absent members of the section who are at home were Sergeant A. Cuthbertson, Lance-Corporal T. Burgess, and Privates W. Davidson, A. C. Anderson, and G. Pagan, Moffat; Private T. Miskelly, Dumfries; Private T M’Guffog, Annan; Privates R.Irving and J. Graham, Langholm. Of the others, four have returned to the front, Private J. Jardine, Dumfries, and Private R. G. Beattie, being with the third active service contingent: and Private W. Gardiner, Lockerbie, and Private D. Smith Dumfries, having joine Major-General Baden-Powells’ South African Police. Private H. Munro, Dumfries, remained behind on obtaining employment in the public works; and two-Private A. Louden, Annan, and Private T. L. Robertson, Moffat-unhappily did not survive the campaign, the former succumbing to enteric fever and the latter being accidentally killed on board train.
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The medals were then handed over to the Volunteers present by the Provost, and on his call their healths were heartily pledged.
Corporal McVinnie, who replied on behalf of his comrades ……………..
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The arrangements were carried out by the sub-committee which was appointed to administer the original fund, viz, Provost Glover, Major Robson, Lieutenant Mackechnie, and Mr Primrose.
Pete