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I recently acquired this medal and what interested me as much as the medal itself was the small collection of family photos that came with it.

To bring these photos to life my daughter ran them through an AI tool to generate a small video; hopefully the link works:
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/goq9ioqdlh8ingdvq...4uc&st=5w4lbuau&dl=0

Let me know if the link doesn't work; it took her all of 15 minutes!

He looks very young . What exactly did he die from ?
Regards,
Koops

Hi Koops,

Yes, he does look young. I'm assuming he died of Enteric Fever but I still have to confirm that.

It's always a challenge when the military files are missing but it does look like he was married at the time of his passing and joined the ASC in 1893 in London.

With a family name of Jones I'm going to have my work cut-out for me to piece the family photos together.

Regards,
Shaun

Springfontein Cemetery

Thank you Elmarie.

He is also commemorated on the Army Service Corps Boer War memorial in the Cathedral Church of St Michael and St George, Queens Avenue, Aldershot, Hampshire, England

www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/50428