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Ian,

Many thanks for your reply and information.
I read a little about the Lovat's Scouts on the internet before this purchase and it seems they did some useful work.
Seems they were looked on with high regard.
Thanks again for your comments.

Paul

LinneyI wrote: Paul
Lovat's lost Lt. Brodie (sev. wounded) and your man Allan (similar) and 8696 Pte. W.Barron (killed) at/near Bethlehem on 26071900. General Hunter had publicly thanked Lovat's Scouts for their work at Retief's Nek 24-25071900 and the action of 26071900 came just prior to the attempt to seal the Golden Gate 28071900. You will recall that the clasp "Wittebergen" was awarded to "all troops inside a line drawn from Harrsimith to Bethlehem and thence to Senekal and Clocolan along the Basuto Border and back to Harrismith between 1-29 July 1900 inclusive". Prinsloo surrendered to General Hunter on 30071900. I have been interested in Lovat's Scouts for quite some time and they did a great job in the Brandwater Basin. Their activities there are dealt with in rather more detail in Packenham. It would be nice if someone would do a history of Lovat's Scouts in the ABW.
I have a couple of QSA's bearing the clasp "Wittebergen" to Lovats. You have a very nice medal, there.
Regards
IL.

Paul
Just a little bit more from 8692's 178th Coy., (Lovats Scouts) I.Y. KSA roll; "Embarked for SA 11Mar 00, disembarked England 13 Aug 01. Embarked for SA 3 Dec 01, served until cessation of Hostilities". Only 44 names on the 178th Coy's KSA roll; from the one such pair in my care, the details impressed on the KSA will read "Lovat's Scouts I.Y.".
It is nice to think that my 8782 Cpl. J.Morrison amd your 8692 Pte. R. Allen served pretty much side-by-side in both the first contingent of Lovat's and the later 178th coy.
Keep us posted if you ever run across Allen's KSA.
Regards
IL.

Hello Paul,
It is a shame about the missing KSA, I hope it still exists and one day you actually manage to find it.
Lovat himself really did create a very unique force when his proposal was put to the War Office in December 1899 and these men very certainly not like the usual Imperial Yeomanry types.
From memory, they really only ever had the one very serious engagement, that seems so typical when you look at the IY in general and that was on the 19th to 20th of September 1901, both their CO, Andrew Murray and his Adjutant, Edward Murray were killed.
Regards Frank

Hello Paul

I checked The Times and both Allan and his comrade Barron (killed) are reported for 27 July 1900.

Regards
Meurig

Thank you Meurig,

A admin error on the medical sheet then.

Paul

SWB wrote: Hello Paul

I checked The Times and both Allan and his comrade Barron (killed) are reported for 27 July 1900.

Regards
Meurig

Ian,

Many thanks again for adding this information, maybe one day the KSA will turn up

Paul

LinneyI wrote: Paul
Just a little bit more from 8692's 178th Coy., (Lovats Scouts) I.Y. KSA roll; "Embarked for SA 11Mar 00, disembarked England 13 Aug 01. Embarked for SA 3 Dec 01, served until cessation of Hostilities". Only 44 names on the 178th Coy's KSA roll; from the one such pair in my care, the details impressed on the KSA will read "Lovat's Scouts I.Y.".
It is nice to think that my 8782 Cpl. J.Morrison amd your 8692 Pte. R. Allen served pretty much side-by-side in both the first contingent of Lovat's and the later 178th coy.
Keep us posted if you ever run across Allen's KSA.
Regards
IL.