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Description

The obverse of this medal bears the head of King Edward VII facing left with the legend 'EDWARD VII REX ET IMPERATOR'. The reverse depicts a map of the world with a transport vessel and the inscription 'OB PATRIAM MILITIBUS PER MARE TRANSVECTIS ADJUTAM' (For services rendered in transporting troops by sea). The medal is attached to the ribbon by a plain straight swivelling suspender as found on the Queens South Africa Medal.

Two clasps were awarded and a recipient could receive one or two clasps. The clasps were 'SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902' and 'CHINA 1900'.

The ribbon is 1.25" wide and is red with two broad dark blue stripes at either side. The naming is in impressed square capitals.

The recipient's rank is not given except for Masters who had the words 'IN COMMAND' appended after the name.

Two clasp Transport Medal
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medal with two clasps
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Named 'In Command'
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Reverse detail
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Group to J Blaikie
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J Blaikie
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Miniature group to A G Cubitt
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Miniature group to Master B F Hayes
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Master B F Hayes
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Naming example
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Medal to 3rd Engineer T F Holmes of the S S Mohawk. Spink July 2014.
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Group to F Kershaw
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Group to Master S de B Lockyear
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Group to W M Ross
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Trio to B Steel, RNR, reputedly the last man to step off RMS Titanic before her maiden voyage. DNW July 2017
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Transport Medal with SA clasp
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Recipients

This medal was awarded to ship masters, first, second, third and chief Officers, first, second, third and chief Engineers as well as Pursers and Surgeons. The medal was also presented to those who served in 11 hospital ships employed during the two conflicts.
1,822 medals were issued.
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 Surname   Forename   Rank   Notes 
AbelE T3rd EngineerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Canada (Richard & Mills).
Source: Transport Medal roll
ActonF H2nd OfficerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Sutlej (P&O). Presented by the King 4 Nov 03
Source: Transport Medal roll
AdairA JSurgeonTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Aurania (Cunard). Issued to mother Sarah 1904
Source: Transport Medal roll
AdamA2nd EngineerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Aurania / Catalonia (Cunard).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AdamC3rd OfficerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Tagus (Royal Mail).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AdamJ2nd EngineerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Persia (Anchor Line).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AdamsonJChief EngineerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Maplemore (Johnston Line).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AddenbrookeJ HChief OfficerTransport Medal, clasps: South Africa and China. Ship: Muttra (British India).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AddieT M3rd EngineerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Ulstermore (Johnston Line).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AddisonCChief OfficerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Pomeranian (Allan Line).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AddyM JEx 2nd Officer Transport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Maplemore (Johnston Line).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AinslieG A2nd OfficerTransport Medal, clasps: South Africa and China. Ship: Antillian (Leyland Line).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AldersonW J3rd EngineerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Orient (Orient SN).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AlexanderJ R PMasterTransport Medal, clasps: South Africa and China. Ship: Warora (British India).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AlexanderJ WChief EngineerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Britannic (Ismay Imrie).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AllanH R2nd EngineerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Purnea (British India).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AllanWPurserTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: British Princess (British Shipowners).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AllenF B3rd EngineerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Secundra (British India).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AllenL2nd OfficerTransport Medal, clasp: South Africa. Ship: Dilwara (British India).
Source: Transport Medal roll
AllenRChief OfficerTransport Medal, clasp: China. Ship: Itria (British India).
Source: Transport Medal roll
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The following table shows the number of Transport Medal clasps that were issued to each ship.  Where a recipient served on more that on ship, a separate entry has been made in the table.

Algeria 11
America 8
America / Manhattan 1
American 7
Antillian 17
Arawa 6
Arawa / Lake Manitoba 1
Ariosto 7
Armenian 16
Ashruf 7
Assaye 12
Assaye / Formosa 1
Assaye / Sicilia 1
Assaye / Sicilia / Simla 1
Assaye / Sunda 1
Atlantian 10
Aurania 15
Aurania / Catalonia 1
Aurania / Pavonia 2
Austral 6
Austral / Orient 2
Avoca 13
Avoca / Dunera / Jelunga 1
Avoca / Jelunga 1
Avoca / Matiana 1
Avoca / Nowshera / Zibenghla 1
Ballaarat 6
Ballaarat / Sardinia 2
Bavarian 12
Booldana 5
Booldana / Itaura 1
Booldana / Lindula 1
Britannic 13
British Prince 7
British Prince / Maplemore / Staffordshire 1
British Princess 11
Canada 19
Canning 9
Carthage 8
Carthage / Nankin 1
Carthage / Sardinia 1
Carthaginian 6
Carthaginian / Ionian 1
Catalonia 7
Cavour 7
Cephalonia 6
Cephelonia 1
Cestrian 7
Cheshire 9
Chesire/Staffordshire 1
Chicago 8
Chingtu 8
City of Cambridge 13
City of London 7
City of Rome 8
City of Vienna 15
Clavering 7
Colombian 11
Custodian 14
Custodian / Dictator 1
Cymric 7
Cymric / Britannic 1
Dictator 6
Dilwara 13
Dilwara / Jelunga 1
Dominio 1
Dominion 6
Duke of Portland 7
Dunera 13
Dunera / Dilwara 1
Dunera / Golconda / Fultala 1
Dunera / Jelunga 1
Ellora 6
Ellora / Urlana / Gwalior 1
Englishman 13
Fazilka 7
Fazilka / Lalpoora 1
Formosa 17
Fultala 8
Fultala / Umta 1
Glengyle 13
Golconda 3
Golconda / Lawada 1
Gwalior 6
Gwalior / Lalpoora 1
Gwalior / Secundra 1
Haiching 8
Harlech Castle 21
Harlech Castle / Spartan 1
Hawarden Castle 21
Hawarden Castle / Kildonan Castle 1
Henzada 7
Hilarius 7
Huisang 7
Idaho 12
India 8
India / Dunera 1
Ionian 5
Islanda 7
Itaura 6
Itinda 13
Itinda / Lawada 1
Itola 5
Itria 9
Jamaican 7
Jelunga 9
Jelunga / Palitana 1
Kaifong 7
Kent 7
Kildonan Castle 15
Kildonan Castle / Trojan 1
Lake Erie 15
Lake Erie / Lake Manitoba 1
Lake Erie / Montrose 1
Lake Manitoba 3
Lalpoora 12
Lalpoora / Putiala 1
Landaura 5
Landaura / Wardha 1
Laurentian 7
Lawada 4
Lawada / Lalpoora 1
Lawada / Palamcotta 1
Lawada / Pentakota 1
Lawada / Uganda 1
Lindula 8
Lindula / Virawa 1
Lismore Castle 8
Lismore Castle / Kildonan Castle 1
Loodiana 6
Mahratta 7
Maine 10
Majestic 8
Malta 6
Malta / Manila / Sunda 1
Manchester Corporation 7
Manchester Merchant 15
Manchester Port 8
Manhattan 15
Manila 15
Manila / Palawan 1
Manila / Syria 1
Manila, Nankin 1
Maplemore 10
Matiana 5
Matiana/Golconda 1
Milwaukee 5
Milwaukee / Lake Erie 1
Mohawk 10
Mombassa 7
Mombassa / Zibenghla 1
Mongolian 12
Monteagle 9
Monterey 8
Montfort 14
Montfort / Lake Manitoba / Arawa 1
Montrose 18
Muttra 12
Muttra / Golconda 1
Nairung 11
Nankin 9
Nankin / Simla 1
Narrung 8
Nawab 7
Nerbudda 8
Nevasa 11
Nevasa / Uganda 1
Nile 4
Nile / Tagus 4
Nizam 7
Norseman 6
Norseman / Dominion 1
Nowshera 10
Nowshera/Pentakota 1
Nubia 15
Nubia / Sumatra 1
Nubia / Syria 1
Nuddea 8
Nurani 15
Nurani / Rajah 1
Nurani / Ranee 1
Orcana 12
Orcana / Orotava 2
Orient 25
Orissa 10
Orotava 21
Ortona 7
Palamcotta 9
Palamcotta / Putiala 1
Palawan 5
Palawan / Pekin 1
Palitana 5
Pavonia 6
Pekin 5
Pekin / Sutlej 1
Pentakota 10
Persia 8
Persia / Algeria 2
Pindari 9
Pinemore 11
Plassy 8
Plassy / Assaye 1
Plassy / Nubia 1
Plassy / Simla 1
Pomeranian 7
Princess of Wales 14
Pundua 9
Pundua / Itola 1
Pundua / Palamcotta 1
Pundua / Upada 1
Purnea 7
Purnea / Nevasa 1
Purnea/Muttra 1
Putiala 12
Putiala / Gwalior 1
Rajah 10
Ranee 10
Rapidan 7
Rewa 7
Rewa / Jelunga 1
Roodiana? 1
Roslin Castle 20
Roslin Castle / Harlech Castle 1
Roslin Castle / Hawarden Castle 1
Roslin Castle / Kildonan Castle 1
Salamis 7
Sardinia 4
Secundra 5
Secundra / Lalpoora 1
Servia 7
Servia / Aurania 2
Shengking 7
Siberian 8
Sicilia 5
Sicilian 9
Simla 11
Simla / Sicilia 1
Simla / Sunda 2
Sirsa 10
Sirsa / Upada 1
Soudan 6
Spartan 8
Spartan / Roslin Castle 1
St Andrew 19
Staffordshire 5
Sumatra 7
Sunda 15
Sunda / Sicilia 1
Sutlej 5
Sutlej / Sumatra 1
Syria 9
Tagus 15
Taisang 6
Templemore 12
Templemore/Pinemore 1
Trojan 9
Uganda 12
Uganda / Palamcotta 1
Uganda / Urlana 1
Uganda/Zibenghla 1
Ujina 9
Ujina / Landaura 1
Ujina / Warora 1
Ula 10
Ula / Ugina 1
Ula / Umta 1
Ulstermore 10
Umbria 9
Umta 9
Umta / Palamcotta 1
Umta / Sirdhana 1
Umta / Wardha 1
Unita 2
Upada 9
Upada / Itria 1
Upada / Nevasa 1
Upada / Uganda 1
Urlana 8
Urlana / India 1
Urmston Grange 7
Vadala 9
Vadala / Dilwara 1
Vadala / Zibenghla 1
Victorian 11
Virawa 10
Virawa / Pentakota 1
Wakool 17
Wardha 10
Wardha / Lalpoora 1
Wardha / Zibenghla 1
Warora 7
Warora / Itinda 1
Winifredian 9
Winkfield 10
Yorkshire 7
Yorkshire / Staffordshire 1
Zamania 8
Zamania / Umta 1
Zayathla 5
Zayathla / Pentakota / Ula 1
Zayathla/Palamcotta 1
Zibenghla 8
Total 1822

 


 
Transport vessels were engaged for unlimited service to convey troops, supplies and animals to and from South Africa.

Troops were carried in the fastest vessels available but it was found that large cargo boats were preferable to liners because they could be adapted more easily for military use. The size of vessel was also a factor. Experience showed that vessels of shorter length and lighter draught were more easily managed in South African waters and the accommodation on board roughly fitted a military unit.

The requirements for the transport of horses either meant that cattle ships were brought into service or other vessels were converted in a process that was both slow and costly.

The wide variety of supplies that were needed in South Africa necessitated that freight ships were often modified to suit the items to be carried.

Between 1899 and 1902 the transport vessels conveyed:

  • Nearly 400,000 troops to South Africa from many ports around the world
  • 340,000 horses of which 13,000 died on the journey
  • 103,000 mules of which 2,000 died on the journey
  • Over 1,000,000 tons of foodstuffs and forage
  • Wounded and sick were brought back to England

Of all the ships involved, only three were lost:

  • Carinthia. 400 mules lost
  • Denton. A freight ship that was carrying stores
  • Ismore. A transport ship which lost the guns of the 63rd Battery RFA and 315 horses

 

 

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