| Adcock | Roger William | | | BSACM Mashonaland 1890 (0). Roger William Adcock was born in Bethlehem, Orange Free State on 27 July 1867. He joined the Pioneer Corps on 14 July, 1890, having previously been attested into the B. S. A. Police as one of Rhodes' Apostles. He was a Sergeant at the time but reverted to Trooper at his own request when he joined the Pioneer Corps. For a period during 1890-91, he was one of a syndicate of six who prospected at Gadzema. During the Boer War he served as Chief Transport Officer, with the rank of Captain, and subsequently set up in business in Johannesburg. He died there on 15 June, 1939. BSACM undated (1) Mashonaland 1890 (Tpr., Pioneers); QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt., A.S.C.); KSA (2) (Capt., A.S.C.) DNW December 1991 £600.
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| Aggett | William James | | | BSACM Mashonaland 1890 (0).
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| Alexander | Thomas Francis Caleb | | | BSACM Mashonaland 1890 (0).
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| Argall | Martin | | | BSACM Mashonaland 1890 (0).
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| Armstrong | Owen Richard | | | BSACM (0).
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| Arnott | Sydney Nathaniel | | Trooper | BSACM Mashonaland 1890 (1) Rhodesia 1896. 1896: Tpr. Salisbury FF.
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| Baker | Walter Headlands Valentine | | | BSACM Mashonaland 1890 (0).
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| Banks | Henry Blakeway | | | BSACM Mashonaland 1890 (0).
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| Barry | John William | | | BSACM Mashonaland 1890 (1) Matabeleland 1893. 1893 Raaff's Col. The following report on the death of Captain Barry was published in The African World in November 1935:'Captain J. W. Barry, one of the eight remaining members of the 1890 Pioneer Corps resident in Southern Rhodesia, died in Salisbury Hospital a few weeks ago. Captain Barry was one of the 22 early pioneers who were presented with the freedom of the city at the last Occupation Day ceremony on September 12. Jack Barry was born at Swellendam, Cape Province, on August 10, 1863, he was for some years in the service of the Standard Bank. He went to Barberton in 1885 and afterwards to Johannesburg. On leaving the bank in 1886 he joined the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and was one of the pioneers of the Witwatersrand. When volunteers were called for Rhodes' Pioneer Corps Captain Barry, with 12 men from the Rand, joined the expedition on May 22, 1890, at Mafeking. He accompanied the column to Salisbury and was present at the hoisting of the Union Jack at Fort Salisbury, signifying the formal occupation of Mashonaland. After the disbandment of the column Captain Barry began prospecting for gold in a party in which were the Hon. Lionel Cripps and Messrs. Charles and Harry Lovemore. They worked in Mazoe Valley, where Captain Barry found ancient workings and pegged them. Serving with the Imperial Light Horse in the Anglo-Boer War Captain Barry was at the relief of Ladysmith and the relief of Mafeking. In the Great War he served in the South-West African Campaign [with the Cape Peninsular Rifles in Botha's Army, 1 October 1914 to 13 August 1916] and afterwards went to France with the 1st Cape Native Labour Corps. In 1928 Captain Barry was appointed first Curator of the Victoria Falls. With the well-known sculptor, Reid Dick, he was responsible for the selection of the site for the David Livingstone Memorial at Devil's Cataract.’ BSACM undated (2) Mashonaland 1890, Matabeleland 1893 (Tpr. Barry, J. W. Pioneers.) the second clasp a cast copy; QSA (4) Relief of Mafeking, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (Capt. J. W. Barry, Imp: Lt: Horse); KSA (2) (Capt. J. W. Barry. Imp. L. H.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. J. W. Barry Staff.); BWM and bilingual VM (Capt. J. W. Barry.). DNW June 2009 £4,500. DNW May 2017 £5,500.
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| Barter | John Augustine George | | | BSACM Mashonaland 1890 (0).
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