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Nigel,
A lovely family QSA for your first post. Apologies if you are already aware of the following, but thought I would share:

There is quite a bit of information on the unit he served in on the Forum located here: Imperial Light Horse

A quick look through the ILH nominal roll, shows that there were at least three Goddard's serving in the ILH as shown by these extracts.


I have not looked at the QSA medal roll for this unit in the National Archives, for your ancestors but certainly would be worth a look. The QSA Roll Access guide can help to navigate,

Hope it is of help / interest.

Hi There,

Perhaps these Attestation docs will help you.







Regards
Adrian

Picture courtesy of Noonan's

QSA (1) Elandslaagte (6410 Pte. W. Allen, Gordon Highrs:)

William Allen was born in Thatcham, Reading, around 1877. A baker, he attested for the Gordon Highlanders on 19 February 1898, his medical notes recording the entirely appropriate tattoo of: ‘heart within wreath - Soldier in Highland costume right forearm’. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, Allen witnessed brief service in the East Indies, before serving in South Africa from 23 September 1899 to 24 December 1899. It was here that he was wounded in action at Elandslaagte when struck by a mauser bullet on 21 October 1899. Hit in the left forearm, his medical notes make clear a severe compound fracture, with associated loss of grasp to the left hand.

The wound proved a career-ending affair; discharged from Wynberg, Allen was evacuated home to England and convalescent care in Chichester. He later required an operation at Netley.

Picture courtesy of Noonan's

QSA (3) Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (4110 Pte. E. Searle, Devon Regt.) heavy contact marks;
[ KSA (2) ]

QSA verified on WO100/174p61. KSA listed on WO100/332p198

Hi,
Thanks for the information shown in the images.
Brilliant stuff.
Nigel

The single QSA to Private Searle, Devon Regiment, sold this afternoon for a hammer price of GBP 420. Totals: GBP 541. R 12,390. AUD 1,000. NZD 1,070. CAD 890. USD 660. EUR 610

The single clasp medal sold for a hammer price of GBP 1,900. Totals: GBP 2,447. R 56,050. AUD 4,520. NZD 4,820. CAD 4,030. USD 2,970. EUR 2,750