ARMY POST OFFICE CORPS
From the Collection of
Lieutenant Colonel Edward De Santis
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Some
Notes on the Royal Engineers Postal Service in the Great
War of 1914-1918 |
Non-Commissioned Officers and Men
NAME |
RANK |
REGIMENTAL NUMBER |
FORMER UNIT/MEDALS |
Private |
406 |
No. 5998, 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers. Entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps [NATAL] and [TRANSVAAL]. | |
Donoghue, David |
Colour Sergeant |
289 |
No. 3969, 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers. Entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps [CAPE COLONY][TUGELA HEIGHTS] [ORANGE FREE STATE][RELIEF OF LADYSMITH] [TRANSVAAL] and [SOUTH AFRICA 1901]. (RESEARCH IN PROGRESS). |
Jones, Anthony Edward |
Corporal |
147 |
No. 3323, 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers. Entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps [CAPE COLONY][TUGELA HEIGHTS] [ORANGE FREE STATE][RELIEF OF LADYSMITH] [TRANSVAAL] [LAING'S NEK][SOUTH AFRICA 1901], and the Imperial Service Medal. Born in April 1864. Enlisted on 23 February 1884. Discharged on 1 November 1901. Home: Islington. Worked as a postman at ECDO. QSA verified on medal roll WO100/230. |
Knight, W.M. |
Colour Sergeant |
4262 |
24th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Volunteers. Entitled to the Volunteer Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EVIIR). |
Marritt, Charles |
Private |
650 |
"Q" Company, 24th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers. Entitled to the Queen's South Africa Medal with clasps [CAPE COLONY][ORANGE FREE STATE][TRANSVAAL][SOUTH AFRICA 1901][SOUTH AFRICA 1902]. Medal verified on roll WO100/230. Born in February 1873. Reenlisted in the 24th Middlesex on 17 February 1903. Transferred to the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Royal Hampshire Regiment on 1 January 1904. Home at Milton Villas, Fortescue Road, Bournemouth. Worked as a postal clerk at the Bournemouth Post Office. |
Sorting mail in South Africa during the
Boer War
1899-1902
Photograph © Hulton Picture Company
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