Country: South Africa
Issued on: n/a
Date of presentation: 29/07/1902
Number issued: 1
Gold pendant & double albert, to:
25th Bn. Imperial Yeomanry –
Lieutenant Edgar Frank FLOWERDEW (of Billingford, Norfolk; formerly served as 6789 Trooper E.F. Flowerdew, 43rd Co., 12th Bn. I.Y.)
Inscribed: "Presented to Lieut. E.F. Flowerdew, by N.C.O's and men of the 118th Imperial Yeomanry".
Presentation made by Regimental Sergeant-Major Mantle (late 43rd Company I.Y.), on behalf of the N.C.O's and men of the 118th (Sharpshooters) Company, 25th Bn. Imperial Yeomanry, at the Imperial Yeomanry Detail Camp, Elandsfontein, Transvaal.
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Diss Express, 19th September 1902
BILLINGFORD.
PRESENTATION.
A very pleasant evening was spent on July 29th, at the Imperial Yeomanry Detail Camp, Elandsfontein (Transvaal), on the occasion of the presentation of a double gold Albert watch chain and pendant, being made by Regimental Sergt.-Major Mantle (late 43rd Company Imperial Yeomanry) to Lieut. E.F. FLOWERDEW, 25th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, on behalf of the N.C.O.’s and men of the 118th Imperial Yeomanry (25th Battalion) as a token of the great respect in which he was held during his service with the Company. The inscription on the pendant was: – “Presented to Lieut. E.F. Flowerdew, by N.C.O.’s and men of the 118th Imperial Yeomanry”. Lieut. E.F. FLOWERDEW served with the 43rd Imperial Yeomanry in 1900-1, and received his commission in the 25th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry. He is a son of Mr Flowerdew of this parish.
