Fair | G | 3738 | Lance Corporal | BSACM Rhodesia 1896 (1) Mashonaland 1897.
Source: BSACM rolls | 7th (The Queen's Own) Hussars |
Fair | Harry A | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
Fair | Hatty A | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers |
Fair | J | 3446 | Private | QSA (5). Reserve from 2nd Dragoon Guards.
Source: QSA medal rolls | 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) |
Fair | J | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | South African Constabulary |
Fair | J | | | 3rd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
Fair | J | 7489 | Private | 3rd Battalion
Demise: Died of disease 01 Mar 1901
Place: Bloemfontein
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt | Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
Fair | J | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | King's Own Scottish Borderers |
Fair | J | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | King's Own Scottish Borderers |
Fair | J C | | Major | MID LG: 29 July 1902, page: 4857. Source: General Kitchener. 23 June 1902. Re: Final despatch & mentions
This page contains all the London Gazette pages for the Boer War | South African Constabulary |
Fair | James | 2369 | Trooper | Served in 1st KFS. Joined Durban 13 May 02 Discharged 7 Jul 02 disbandment Johannesburg
Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Kitchener's Fighting Scouts |
Fair | James George | | Major | FAIR, JAMES GEORGE, Major, was born 19 November 1864, son of James Fair, of Hove. He entered the Army 29 August 1885, as Lieutenant, 21st Hussars; served as Staff Officer to General Gatacre during the Atbara Campaign in 1898; was present at the Battles of the Atbara and Khartoum; was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 24 May 1898]; received the 4th Class Medjidie; the Medal and the Egyptian Medal with clasp. He was Adjutant, 21st Hussars, 1 July 1889 to 30 June 1893; was promoted to Captain, 21st Lancers, 26 October 1892; and Adjutant, Cavalry Depot, from 30 May 1899. In the South African War of 1899-1902, he served with the South African Constabulary from 14 May 1901; Despatches; Queen's Medal with three clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 31 October 1902]: "James George Fair, Major (21st Lancers), South African Constabulary. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". From 1904 to 1908 he commanded a Division of the South African Constabulary in the Orange River Colony, retiring from the 21st Lancers 9 December 1905. He became a Member of the Inter-Colonial Council of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony in 1906, and was Resident Commissioner and Commandant-General in Southern Rhodesia, 1908-11. Major J G Fair was Deputy Assistant Director of Remounts, 1911-15; became Lieutenant Colonel, Reserve of Officers, 25 February 1914; was Deputy Director of Remounts, Egypt, 1915-16; Deputy Assistant Director of Remounts, Southern Command. For his services in the Great War he was created a CMG in 1916. Lieutenant Colonel J G Fair married, in 1901, Mary, daughter of Lieutenant General J S Sargent, CB.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | South African Constabulary |
Fair | John | 31 | | Occupation: Clerk. Next of kin: Wife. Address: Mowbray.
Source: Attestation paper in WO126 | Town Guard and District Mounted Troops |
Fair | L | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | 76th Battery, RFA |
Fair | R | 7539 | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Scottish Cyclist Company |
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