Stembridge | T E | 1330 | 3rd Cl Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: Unknown Gratuity: 5. QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1330 Serjt., F W Stembridge Cape M.R.), KSA (2) (1330 Serjt., Cape M.R.); Cape LS&GC, VR (1330 3rd Cl. Sgt., Cape Mtd. Rifles). Sergeant Frederick William Stembridge was born at Ilminster in Somerset on 23 August 1861 and volunteered for the Cape Mounted Rifles in England in 1879. He joined his unit at Umtata and over the next few years travelled extensively in South Africa. Among other interesting achievements, he is credited with escorting Cecil Rhodes into Rhodesia in 1890, in addition to chasing General Smuts out of the Cape to O'Okiep after the latter mounted a raid during the Boer War. He was finally discharged in 1903, having notched up over twenty years service, and accompanied John Merriman on his travels around South Africa. Stembridge next joined the Police at Hermanus and travelled around the country as a relief gaoler. In 1914 he left the police and became a Doorman at the Parliament House, Cape Town. Another appointment followed at the Old Supreme Court before he became Caretaker at the Law Courts in Kerron Street. He died in this position during late 1935, having been in Government service for 52 years. DNW Dec 91 £500. DNW Sep 08 £1,200.
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Stewart | H G | 995 | 3rd Cl Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 17 Jan 00 Gratuity: 15. CGHGSM (1) Bas (Pte CMR), QSA (4) CC Wep Tr Witt (Pte CMR), Cape LS&GC (3/Cl Sgt CMR). Liverpool Medals Jun 09 £1,600
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Stoke | H S | 1917 | 3rd Cl Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: Unknown Gratuity: 15
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Strangeway | H | 1509 | 2nd Cl Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 18 Jun 06 Gratuity: 15
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Stuart | F C | 1250 | 2nd Cl Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 5 Dec 02 Gratuity: 15
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Taylor | C H | 65 | Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 24 Mar 16 Gratuity: 15
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Tomkins | B R | 801 | Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 25 Oct 17 Gratuity: 15
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Tucker | N | 733 | Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 12 Mar 18 Gratuity: 15
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Turnley | W H | 410 | 2nd Cl Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 5 Dec 02 Gratuity: 15
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Wallinger | F A | 545 | 2nd Cl Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 2 May 02 Gratuity: 15. QSA (4) Cape Colony, Wepener, Transvaal, Wittebergen (545 Serjt. F. A. A. Wallinger, Cape M.R.), KSA (2) (545 Serjt., Cape M.R.); Cape LS&GC, VR (Sergt. F. A. Wallinger, C.M. Riflemen). LS & GC medal notified in Cape Colonial Forces Order No. 429 of 2 May 1902. Francis Arthur Arnold Wallinger enlisted in England on 15 February 1882, aged 26. He was promoted a 1st Class Private in the Cape Mounted Rifles in May 1883, a Corporal in September 1890, a 3rd Class Sergeant in November 1895, and a 2nd Class Sergeant in April 1900. He served in the Boer War, including the defence of Wepener.. Wallinger was discharged on 30 April 1902, as physically unfit, and was granted a pension of £75. DNW Sep 08 £1,500
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Webster | W | 105 | 3rd Cl Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 17 Jan 00 Gratuity: 5
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Westhuizen | C | 604 | Hd Cons | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 23 Feb 20 Gratuity: 15
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Whal(l)ey | J | 432 | 1st Cl Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 23 Jun 98 Gratuity: 5. QSA, Cape LS&GC, 1897 Jubillee Medal. Roberts Aug 93 £995
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Williams | W C | 570 | 3rd Cl Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 13 May 01 Gratuity: 5
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Williams | W | 3553 | Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 1 Jan 13 Gratuity: 15
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
Wilson | J | 584 | 2nd Cl Sgt | Date awarded the Cape LS&GC Medal: 6 Dec 97 Gratuity: 5
Source: LS&GC recipients, South Africam Museum of Military History | Cape Mounted Rifles |
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