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Mercian Regiment Army Reserve
The Shrubbery
Birmingham Road
Kidderminster
DY10 2BY
England
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- Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
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LEFT BOARD: 1ST V. B. WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT/ ROLL OF THE MEN OF THE ABOVE BATTALION/ WHO WERE ENLISTED FOR SPECIAL SERVICE/ IN SOUTH AFRICA, DURING THE BOER WAR,/ ON THE 10TH JANUARY, 1900, AND EMBARKED/ FROM SOUTHAMPTON, IN THE "AVONDALE CASTLE",/ ON 23RD OF FEBRUARY FOLLOWING, BEING PART/ OF THE WORCESTERSHIRE COMPOSITE COMPANY/ CONSISTING OF 3 OFFICERS AND 113 RANK AND FILE, CAPT. BUCKNALL IN COMMAND ARRIVING/ AT CAPE TOWN. MARCH 17TH AND JOINED THE/ 2ND WORCESTER REGT. AT BLOEMFONTEIN./ (NAMES) RIGHT BOARD: 1ST V.B. WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT/ CONTINUATION OF WAR SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF THE ABOVE BATTALION/ DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR, 1899 - 1902/ A DRAFT COMMANDED BY CAPT R. H. WHITCOMBE CONSISTING OF THE/ UNDERMENTIONED 6 MEN, AND 14 MEN OF THE 2ND V.B. WORC. REGT., SAILED IN/ H.M.T. "ASSAYE" FROM LONDON, 11TH MAY, 1900, AND JOINED THE SERVICE/ COMPANY WITH THE 2ND B. WORC. REGT. AT PRETORIA, 18TH AUGUST, 1900./ (NAMES)/ THE SERVICE COMPANY TOOK PART IN THE FOLLOWING SPECIALLY MENTIONED OPERATIONS:-/ ORANGE RIVER COLONY, BETHLEHEM, (6TH AND 7TH JULY, 1900)/ WITTEBERGEN, (1ST TO 29TH JULY 1900.)/ WESTERN TRANSVAAL, (20TH AUGT TO 7TH OCTR 1900)/ DIED OF DISEASE:- 1 NCO AND 4 MEN. WOUNDED IN ACTION (NAME)/ MENTIONED IN REGTL ORDERS FOR "GALLANTRY IN THE FIELD" AT THE ACTION OF BOSCHFONTEIN/ (NAMES)/ THE CPMPANY EVENTUALLY DISEMBARKED AT SOUTHAMPTON ON 9TH JUNE, 1901, AFTER 17 MONTHS OF ACTIVE SERVICE/ A SECTION COMMANDED BY LIEUT. C. M. WATSON, CONSISTING OF THE/ UNDERMENTIONED 8 MEN AND 31 MEN OF THE 2ND V.B. WORC. REGT. SAILED IN/ THE "GERMAN." 1ST APRIL, 1901, WERE STATIONED AT BRANDORT, SUBSEQUENTLY/ JOINING THE 2ND B. WORC. REGT. AT HEILBRON/ (NAMES)/ THE SECTION RETURNED HOME 25TH JUNE, 1902, AFTER 16 MONTHS ACTIVE SERVICE/ THE FOLLOWING MEN OF THE 1ST V.B. WORC. REGT. ALSO SERVED WITH/ THE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY IN SOUTH AFRICA./ (NAMES)
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