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The district of Elliot is some way from the border with the OFS so like the neighbouring Wodehouse Yeomanry, they probably patrolled the district's borders. Their entitlement to the CC clasps is crossed through on the roll signifying that they did not leave Cape Colony.



Like Lt Bredin's QSA, several men also served in Driscoll's Scouts and there were also medals issued from the nearby Indwe as well as Cala Town Guards and Dordrecht DVG.

The medal roll in WO100/281 states that they were 'called out for active military duty against the enemy and actually engaged with the enemy’.

The Elliot Border Scouts is one of several scouting units not mentioned by Tylden:

Beddy's Scouts. Raised at Haenertsburg in 1900 and operated in the northern Transvaal. (Tylden. P 41)
Border Scouts. Raised at Upington in May 1900. Coloured troops only. (Tylden. P 44)
Colonial Scouts. Raised at Pietermaritzburg in November 1899. Had five squadrons. (Tylden. P 68)
Dennison's Scouts. Raised at Vryburg in September 1900. Saw action in the western Transvaal. (Tylden. P 72)
Driscoll's Scouts. Raised for service and saw action at the siege of Wepener. (Tylden. P 74)
Elliot's Border Scouts. Raised and served in the Eastern Cape.
French's Scouts. Raised and served in the Cape province in 1899. (Tylden. P 85)
Gatacre's Scouts. Raised in the Eastern Cape in 1899. (Tylden. P 86)
Imperial Yeomanry Scouts. Raised in 1900. Served in the Transvaal. (Tylden. P 96)
Kitchener's Fighting Scouts. Raised in December 1900. Consisted of two regiments. (Tylden. P 105)
Le Gros Scouts. Raised in 1899 at Colesburg. (Tylden. P 107)
McLean's Scouts. Raised in 1901 in the eastern Cape. (Tylden. P 110)
Menne's Scouts. Raised in Natal as part of the Colonial Scouts and operated in the Eastern Transvaal.
Morley's Scouts. Raised in the eastern Transvaal in 1901. (Tylden. P 115)
Struben's Scouts. Raised in 1900 and attached to 11 Division of the British Army. (Tylden. P 188)
Tempest's Scouts. Raised in June 1901 and served with 17th Bde British Army in north east OFS Brandwater basin.
Warren”s Scouts. Raised in Griqualand West in 1900.
Warwick's Scouts. Raised in 1900 and served with British General Methuen in the Cape.

But this list also omits the Orange River Scouts , Montmorency's Scouts , Hannay's, Namaqualand, Rundle's and Tucker's.

Source: www.freewebs.com/saintcorps/

A QSA named to Elliot Border Scouts but difficult to read.

Kaplan sold a slouch hat badge in November 2008 but no picture sadly:

Anglo Boer War 1900-1902 Officers silver engraved slouch hat badge of the Elliot Border Scouts, complete with pin back. Not in Owen

Other than Lt Bredin's QSA, the only other one I have seen is to Pte N W Kruger, with whom this thread started.

Kruger's QSA was sold by City Coins in June 2004 where it was described as a 'very elusive unit' and sold again by Spink last week.

Has anyone seen any others?

Dear David

I have a single with CC in my collection and there is a reference to another a J Nell on Bid or Buy but named to Driscolls Scouts

www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/317744971/Anglo_...riscolls_Scouts.html

Rare unit indeed.

Kind regards

Munroe