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[ CGHGSM (1) Bechuanaland ];
QSA (3) Defence of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Transvaal (209 Tpr: D. J. McMaster. Kimberley Lt Horse)

David James Alexander McMaster.

Served 2 Nov 99 to 2 Nov 00. Also served SRG (149). Possibly prisoner Klerksdorp 25 Jul 00.

Served in the Bechuanaland Rebellion 1897 with Kimbrrley Rifles.

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QSA (4) Relief of Mafeking, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut: R.J. Stone-Raper. Kim: L.H.)
KSA (2) engraved.

M&E say 'Richard John Stone-Raper (sometimes 'Rapier') saw initial service in the Second Boer War with the Kimberley Volunteer Regiment (as Sergeant Major) and at No. 3 Redoubt with the Kimberley Town Guard. Research also suggests that he was taken prisoner near Potchefstroom on 2 July 1900, after which he was later released.bHe then served with ‘D’ Squadron of the Kimberley Light Horse between 14 June 1901 and 30 June 1902, during which time he was slightly wounded in action at Mark’s Drift, near Douglas, on 21 May 1902 – as listed in ‘The Boer War Casualty Roll’ by Palmer. Upon the disbandment of the regiment his stated place of residence was given as Johannesburg.'

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QSA (1) Defence of Kimberley (Pte. R. Polwarth. Kimberley Town Gd:);
Kimberley Star, 'a'

Served in the Medical Corps, No 1 Company, D Section.

Listed on WO100/282p112.

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QSA (1) Defence of Kimberley (8 Gnr: A. Daly. Diamond F.A.)

M&E state 'A. Daly of 52 Sydney Street, Kimberley, worked as a Fireman with De Beers, and is recorded as having joined with the enrolment date of 3 October, 1890. He served during the Defence of Kimberley with the Diamond Fields Artillery, stationed at its H.Q. at the Botanical Gardens, and is confirmed on the medal roll. He is also listed as having resigned from further service on 5 January 1904.'

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QSA (3) Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (527 Sjt: Instr: E. T. Ferraro. Kimberley Vol: Regt);
[ KSA (2) };
Kimberley Star, 'a.

Described as: Serjeant-Instructor Edward Thomas Ferraro was born in Peckham, South London, c.1870, and served in the Second Boer War with the Kimberley Volunteer Regiment. He is confirmed on the medal rolls, was promoted to Sergeant Instructor on 4 October, 1899, and is additionally entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal. He was discharged at his own request, the roll states, on 1 July 1902, and had served for 12 years with the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, prior to the Second Boer War.

KSA listed on WO100/362p162

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CMG b/b, gold and enamel, with integral gold riband buckle;
SAGS (1) 1877-8;
CGHGSM (2) Transkei, Bechuanaland;
QSA (1) Def. of Kimberley;
KSA (2);
BWM;
Kimberley Star, HM 1901

CMG London Gazette 27 September 1901.
MID London Gazette 10 September 1901.

Bawtree Macleod Robinson was born at Grahamstown, South Africa in 1858, the son of Ensign Edward Arthur Robinson, 5th Regiment, King's German Legion. Educated at Felsted School, North Essex he was very likely there at the same time as Lieutenant Walter Hamilton V.C. who was just two years older than him.

When the Gaika and Galeka War began in 1877 Robinson joined the Queenstown Rifle Volunteers, earning one of 28 clasps. The conflict ended in 1878 with the death of Sandile, the Gaika chief, Robinson clearly took to the Military life however as he was soon to return to it.

The outbreak of the Transkei Rebellion in 1880 saw him joining Captain Nesbitt's Light Horse, earning on of 102 Transkei clasps to the unit. He was elevated to command a commander Force of Cape Police and Volunteers at Phokwani during the Bechuanaland Rebellion between 1896-7, likely earning one of 131 clasps to the former unit. Appointed Commissioner of the Cape Police District, No. 2, he was still in role when the Jameson Raid occurred, and Robinson was called to give evidence to the select committee on the matter.

Remaining with the Cape Police Robinson was serving as Town Commandant of Kimberley during the Boer War. As such he was serving there during the Defence of Kimberly, seeing heavy fighting during the siege and earning three 'mentions' as a result. There are 488 Defence of Kimberly clasps awarded to the Cape Mounted Police.

After the war he was appointed Commissioner of the Cape Mounted Police in 1904 he wrote Notes on Criminal Procedure and Police Duty the next year. Retiring from Service 1909 he emigrated to Britain and was living on the Isle of Wight in 1911. The outbreak of the Great War saw Robinson commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel with the East Anglian Divisional Train in 1915, a role he held until 1917 although he was never deployed to France. He was living at Pound Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk in 1921.