Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal F. Anderson, Scott’s Railway Guard, late Brabant’s Horse and Cape Police

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Lce. Cpl., C. Pol.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Wepener, Wittebergen, Belfast (906 Cpl., Brabant’s Horse); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (1731 Cpl., Scott’s R.G.) minor contact marks, good very fine (3) £450-500

After service in the Cape Police, Anderson enlisted in the 2nd Brabant’s Horse on 29 December 1899. In March 1901 he left the unit and entered the Midland Mounted Rifles, serving with them from 12 March 1901 to 26 October 1901, and then Scott’s Railway Guards from 4 November 1901 to 30 April 1902.

During the siege of Wepener, 9 - 25 April 1900, he served in the 2nd Battalion Brabant’s Horse, which held part of the northern perimeter. Brabant’s Horse was considered one of the best irregular corps in the war; the Midland Mounted Rifles were employed to keep roving Boers commandos out of the Cape Colony; Scott’s Railway Guards were employed to keep similar bands of Boers from destroying the main Kimberley railway line. Clasps confirmed.