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HM Stainbank - Colonial Scout and member of Warren's personal escort 8 years 8 months ago #45698

  • Brett Hendey
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Another excellent medal, Rory. Thank you for showing it.

Also thanks to Anthony. I had not realised that the Chief's 1902 Medal was named, privately or otherwise

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HM Stainbank - Colonial Scout and member of Warren's personal escort 8 years 8 months ago #45712

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Here is another medallion named to a chief from a friend of mine. Interesting the naming is the same and the arrow before and after the name is the same. So was this officially done or did the same jeweller do the engraving. Named medallions to Chiefs are very Rare.

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Thank you for posting another very interesting medal. I have an unnamed example, which is a lot less interesting!
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HM Stainbank - Colonial Scout and member of Warren's personal escort 1 year 6 months ago #89630

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I am very grateful to Ron Sheeley from North Carolina in the USA - Ron bought the medals and photo album of Trooper Martin, one of the two NP men who were escorting Stainbank on that fateful day. Martin took photos of the Stainbank camp and two of the actual spot where Stainbank was mortally wounded. X, as they say, marks the spot.





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HM Stainbank - Colonial Scout and member of Warren's personal escort 1 year 6 months ago #89631

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Thank you to Rory and Ron
How unusual was it for a trooper to have a camera while on the front line in the Boer War. fortunately for us that he did, and the album survived and has been shared
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HM Stainbank - Colonial Scout and member of Warren's personal escort 1 year 6 months ago #89633

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Having read your recent post l looked back at this earlier very detailed story, which gives a little more interesting background to the events taking place during my grandfathers time as a Natal Carbineer in the 1906 rebellion.
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