Loughland enlisted at the age of 14, having misled the recruiter about his age and ability to ride a horse. Served in the mounted regiment of the British Army in the late 1890s.
Boer war medal, South Africa 1901, Transvall, Orange Free State, Cape…
Heavy oval brown metal insignia. Border is in the image of a garter and reads "HONI/SUIT/QUI/MAL/Y/PENSE". Mirrored monogram inside the belt reads "ER". Curled point at bottom of oval. Design is surmounted by King's crown. Bent plate welded to back…
Heavy oval brown metal insignia. Border is in the image of a belt and reads "HONI/SUIT/QUI/MAL/Y/PENSE". Mirrored monogram inside the belt reads "VR". Curled point at bottom of oval. Design is surmounted by St Edward's crown. Bent plate welded to…
Obverse : Veiled and crowned Queen Victoria bust with the text ' Victoria Regina ' . Reverse : decorative border around the circumference with flowers and leaves , text reads ' TO COMMEMORATE OUR QUEENS DIAMOND JUBILEE OF 60 YEARS REIGN 1837-1897 .
Canon on wagon in foreground. Dark band at bottom on photograph with inscription in white reading: 86 Vrijstaatsche kanon aan het Station te Kroonstad, Free State Artillery. Station Kroonstad
Sword was carried by infantry officers in both the Crimean and Boer wars. The hilt has a Gothic design, which also bears Queen Victoria's royal cipher 'VR', Victoria Regina. It was eventually replaced by the 1897 pattern, which offered a better hand…
Scabbard: black leather stitched along mid-underside; iron alloy base and tip with some decorative grooves attached to leather with staple.
bayonet: iron alloy handle and blade; black textured grip attached to handle; socket on handle base and loop…
Scabbard: black triangular leather stitched and adhered on underside with two rivets on top side ferrous metal support along inside length of scabbard copper alloy tip and base mounting with rivets inscription on top of metal base '56 /…