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Thanks David (I'm sure Henk would know ..)

Kaplan sold this DCM / DTD combination to Jordan in October 2014.

Group of Six: Veldkornet and Adj L.R. JORDAAN
Dekoratie Voor Trouwe Dienst
Anglo Boere Oorlog medal
Distinguished Conduct Medal GVR Sqdn S.M. L.R. Jordaan Staff
1914/15 Star S.M. L.R. Jordaan Brands V.S.S.
War and Bilingual Victory medals Lt L.R. Jordaan
Awarded the DCM for Distinguished service in the Field in connection with the campaign in G.S.W.A.
Copies of Service papers show that he was appointed Lt 19/9/16.
Copy of Vorm A shows that he fought with the Pretoria Kdo and was taken prisoner and sent to Bermuda. He fought at Dundee, Ladysmith

Hi Jon & others
43 RECIPIENTS : BOER DTD AND BRITISH DSO
NAME RANK : DTD UNIT : DTD RANK:DSO UNIT & OPERAT’L AREA : DSO
Badenhorst, L P J V/kornet Wakkerstroom Kdo Maj 2nd Mtd Bgde, GSWA
Bezuidenhout, J J Komdt Bloemhof Kdo Lt Col Bloemhof Cdo, GSWA
Botha, P S G Kapt Botha Verkenners Lt Col 5th SAH, EA
Bouwer, B D Komdt Gen Smuts Kdo Lt Col Staff Corps UDF, GSWA
Brink, A J E V/Kornet Kliprivier Kdo Bvt Lt Col 2nd SA Mtd Bgde, EA
Brink, C Kapt/Adjt Heidelberg Kdo Lt Col Staff Corps UDF, EA
Cloete, C W Lt Gen Malan Kdo Maj Enslins Horse, GSWA
Collins, W R Lt 1ste Verkenningskorps Col Cmdt 2nd Mtd Bgde, GSWA
De Beer, M J Kapt Staf, Gen Brits Maj Wakkerstroom Cdo, GSWA
De Jager, M J Kapt ZAR Staats Artillerie Lt Col Staff Corps UDF, GSWA
De Jager, P L Kapt/Adjt Staf, Gen C Botha Lt Col Piet Retief Cdo, GSWA
De la Rey, P. V/kornet Krugersdorp Kdo Col Cmdt 1st Mtd Bgde, GSWA
De Villiers, J (J) V/Kornet Bethal Kdo Lt Col Bethal Cdo
Enslin, B G L Lt Theron’s Verkenners T/Brig Gen 2nd SA Mtd Bgde, EA
Fourie, J C Kapt Carolina Kdo Lt Col Carolina Cdo, GSWA
Geyser, A H V/Kornet Waterberg Kdo Maj Waterberg Cdo, GSWA
Greyling, A J V/kornet Heidelberg Kdo Lt Col Heidelberg A Cdo, GSWA
Holl, G W V/kornet Potchefstroom Kdo Lt Col Potchefstroom A Cdo, GSWA
Jordaan, J F Asst Vecht Generaal Vryheid/Utrecht Kdo Lt Col 3rd Mtd Bgde (13th Mounted Rgt), GSWA
Kirsten, J R F Komdt Gen Smuts Kdo Lt Col 6th Dismtd Rfls, GSWA
Koen, J J Komdt Bethulie Kdo Lt Col 3rd SAH, EA
Kruger, J A D Komdt Swaziland Kdo Lt Col Vryheid Cdo, GSWA
Lens, D V/kornet Swaziland Kdo Lt Col Utrecht Cdo, GSWA
Meyer, I J Lt Staf, Gen van Deventer Maj 12th Mtd Rfls, GSWA
Moller, P W Komdt Waterberg Kdo Lt Col Pietersburg Cdo, GSWA
Mouton, W J Komdt Middelburg Kdo Lt Col Middelburg B Cdo, GSWA
Nussey, A H M V/kornet OVS Magte (Gen de Wet) Lt Col 1st SA Mtd Bgde, EA
Pijper, S W Komdt Gen Smuts Kdo Col Cmdt 5th Mtd Bgde, GSWA
Pretorius, H S Kapt Staf, Gen Botha Maj 4th Mtd Bgde, GSWA
Rousseau, P J Komdt N Tvl Kommandos onder
Ass Komdt Genl Beyers Maj Rustenburg Cdo, GSWA
Roux, P D A V/kornet Marico Kdo Lt Col 12th Mtd Rfls, GSWA
Smit, B J J V/kornet Ermelo Kdo Lt Col 6th SAH, EA
Steyn, W H V/kornet Heilbron Kdo T/Lt Col 14th Dismtd Rfls, GSWA
Swemmer, I V Kapt/Adj Staf, Gen Brits Lt Col Botha’s Hogeveld Ruiters, GSWA
Thring, A L V/kornet Kroonstad Kdo Lt Col 1ste Rgt Vrijstaatse Schutters, GSWA
Van Deventer, D J K B Komdt Gen Smuts Kdo Col 4th Mtd Bgde, GSWA
M J Janse van Rensburg Komdt Wolmaranstad Cdo Lt Col Wolmaranstad Cdo, GSWA
Van Velden, D O Kapt Staf Gen Botha Lt Col Gen List, EA
Van Zyl, J A Veg Genl Bloemhof Kdo Lt Col Kalahari Horse, GSWA
Vermaas, P A V/kornet Potchefstroom Kdo Maj Calvinia/Kenhardt Cdo, GSWA
Visser, P F V/kornet Gen Smuts Kdo Lt Col Potchefstroom B Cdo, GSWA
Wessels, J A Ass V/kornet Lichtenburg Kdo Capt Lichtenburg Cdo, GSWA
Wolmarans, J F Majoor ZAR Staats Artillerie Capt 4th SA Mtd Rfls, GSWA

I should have completed the research to make this list 100% accurate (comparing DTD application forms, WWI Service Cards/Files/ Despatches for GSWA as well as Death Notices) more than ten years ago when I still lived in Pretoria and had unrestricted access to the SADF Archives. In one or two cases it may be that the father got the DTD and the son the DSO.
Henk

That's a great list to work from Henk. Many thanks.

Thank you very much Henk.

De Jager was acting general in 1902 in my home district of Piet Retief.

A sad incident was related to me years ago, which is was also described by a German teacher named HF Wichmann in his memoirs.

Unaccompanied by his men, De Jager approached a British blockhouse where a friend of his who had turned traitor and joined the enemy, approached him in an apparent friendly move to talk. At the last moment the friend lunged for the De Jager, whereupon a desperate struggle for life and death ensued. De Jager must have dropped his rifle which which had had the man covered initially. Being of equal strength, the outcome of the fight was uncertain. Fortunately Piet de Jager was able to point his revolver across his shoulder. He fired, and the bullet hit his friend in the forehead, whereupon the struggle was over.

The man was buried by his British comrades and legend has it that the grave has been struck so many times by lightning that they gave up repairing it. I knew the deceased man's descendants so he will remain unnamed, just as Wichmann also did not identify him in his memoirs.

A sad story, which should ideally be remembered wherever those medals find a home.

The preview for DNW include a return of the DTD DSO group to Lt Col P L de Jager. www.angloboerwar.com/forum/surname-d/134...ras-kaptein-adjutant