Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

QUEENS' SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL

Date

1899

Materials

SILVER, RIBBON

No. Pieces

1

Length

10.7

Diameter

3.4

Description

FIGURE OF WOMAN WEARING HELMET & CARRYING A FLAG. SOLDIERS IN BKGRD (FACE). "SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1900" HAS BEEN SCRATCHED ON SURFACE. 4 BARS INDICATE EACH BATTLE FOUGHT. (SOUTH AFRICA 1901, TRANSVAAL, ORANGE FREE STATE, CAPE COLONY). RED, NAVY BLUE, ORANGE RIBBON. WOMAN'S BUST (VICTORIA) "VICTORIA REGINA ETIMPERATRIX" REVERSE. "3066 PTE S. ROBERS, DERBY: REGT" ON EDGE.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

AWARDED FOR SERVICE IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN (BOER) WAR. DONOR HISTORY UNKNOWN. THE CAPE COLONY CLASP WAS AWARDED TO BRITISH AND COLONIAL UNITS WHICH SERVED IN THE CAPE COLONY BETWEEN OCTOBER 11, 1899, AND MAY 31, 1902, AND WHICH WERE NOT ENTITLED TO THE DEFENCE OF KIMBERLEY, RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY, DEFENCE OF MAFEKING, RELIEF OF MAFEKING, OR NATAL CLASPS. THE ORANGE FREE STATE CLASP WAS AWARDED TO BRITISH AND COLONIAL UNITS WHICH SERVED IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY BETWEEN FEBRUARY 28, 1900, AND MAY 31, 1902, AND WHICH WERE NOT ENTITLED TO OTHER CLASPS FOR ACTIONS IN THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY. THE TRANSVAAL CLASP WAS AWARDED TO BRITISH AND COLONIAL UNITS WHICH SERVED IN THE TRANSVAAL BETWEEN MAY 24, 1900, AND MAY 31, 1902, AND WHICH WERE NOT ENTITLED TO OTHER CLASPS FOR ACTIONS IN THE TRANSVAAL. THE SOUTH AFRICA 1901 CLASP WAS AWARDED TO BRITISH AND COLONIAL UNITS WHICH SERVED AT THE FRONT IN SOUTH AFRICA BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND DECEMBER 31, 1901. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR, SAMUEL ROGERS, WAS FOUND IN GALT ARCHIVES (19641014003) AND A LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE WRITTEN UPON ROGERS' DEATH IN 1957. ROGERS WAS BORN IN 1875 IN ALFRETON, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND, AND ENLISTED IN THE FIRST DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT IN 1891 AT THE AGE OF 16. IN 1897 AND 1898 HIS UNIT SERVED IN INDIA WHERE HE RECEIVED THE 'TIRAH OF 1897-98' MEDAL. ROGERS WENT ON TO SERVE WITH THE 5TH BRIGADE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN FIELD FORCE IN THE BOER WAR FROM 1899-1901, WHERE HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, AND TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGNS. HE WAS WOUNDED IN 1901 AND RETURNED TO ENGLAND WHERE HE WAS DISCHARGED. ROGERS MARRIED PAMELA SPARHAM OF LEEDS, AND THE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1903, MAKING THEIR WAY TO LETHBRIDGE THAT YEAR. IN 1905 THE ROGERS MOVED TO WARDNER, BRITISH COLUMBIA WHERE SAMUEL WORKED IN A LUMBER MILL. THEY RETURNED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA IN 1910 TO HOMESTEAD NEAR FORT MACLEOD. IN 1929 THE ROGERS MOVED TO STAFFORDVILLE IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE, WHERE THEY RESIDED UNTIL BOTH PASSING AWAY IN 1957. ROGERS WAS A DEACON OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - HE DESIGNED AND ASSISTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STAFFORDVILLE BAPTIST MISSION. HE ALSO SERVED AS THE MISSION'S SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT FOR 18 YEARS. FOR A HARDCOPY OF SAMUEL ROGERS' BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19694871000.

Catalogue Number

P19694871000

Acquisition Date

1969-11

Collection

Museum

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