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Category Archives: Surprising Snippets
The Frontiersman who won the George Medal
Surprising Snippets 10 William Green, G.M. Wilbur Dartnell is well known to all as the man who won the Victoria Cross as a Frontiersman, but the man who won another of the highest gallantry awards The George Medal, also as … Continue reading
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Tagged Bombay, Fort Stikine disaster, George Medal, India, William Green G.M.
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A Brave soldier and Unusual Frontiersman
Surprising Snippets 9 Major H.H.R. White, D.S.O., O.B.E. Henry Herbert Ronald White was born in February 1879 into a wealthy military family. He was a man of great bravery and a highly efficient soldier, who could probably have risen to … Continue reading
A Persistent Mystery
Surprising Snippets 8: An unsolvable mystery is, who was the person from which official government or military department who decided that the file on the Frontiersmen and Remounts in the last quarter of 1914 was not worth saving at The … Continue reading
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Tagged Remounts, Shirehampton, Swaythling, War Horses
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The Skipper
Surprising Snippets 7: Known to his children, who were all devoted to him, as “The Skipper”, Vahd William Tobin was known always as Bill. According to his son Peter (who himself became very well-known in southern Africa as a broadcaster … Continue reading
The Inspirational F.C.Selous.
Surprising Snippets 6: Let us face it, biographies can be boring. Especially when the biographer relies on his academic reputation and merely distils the work of previous biographers. The subject needs to be fully understood and the writer needs to … Continue reading
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Tagged Selous, Vahd W Tobin
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Not All Uniforms and Parades
Surprising Snippets 5: Snippets found in Frontiersmen magazines. Charles Stoneham had served as a sergeant in the 25th Bn. Royal Fusiliers (Frontiersmen) in East Africa and was the author of a number of books on life in Kenya. This is … Continue reading
The Origins of the Idea
Surprising Snippets 4. In several topic pages we have pointed out how often between the wars the Frontiersmen were called upon as either Guards of Honour or escorts to members of the British Royal family: Supporting the Authorities Friends in … Continue reading
An Unusual Method of Self-Defence
Surprising Snippets 3. In its early days the London Command of the Legion of Frontiersmen had a number of acclaimed and highly-skilled swordsmen among its ranks. One of these was Capt. Graham Hope who wrote an article in 1907 for … Continue reading
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A Royal Marine who served with the Frontiersmen
Surprising Snippets 2: one of a series of brief items about the history of the Legion of Frontiersmen. CAPTAIN JAMES FREDRICK ELLISON M.C., D.C.M, R.M.L.I.: a Royal Marine who served with the Frontiersmen. Towards the end of their campaign in … Continue reading
L.O.F. and Mounted Designations 1914-18
Surprising Snippets 1. ELLIOT’S HORSE [a.k.a. INDEPENDENT FRONTIERSMEN SQUADRON in the BELFAST WEEKLY TELEGRAPH December 1917 cross referenced with THE DAILY COLONIST, Victoria BC, 08 Nov 1936]. Eighty-three men formed by Victoria BC Legion of Frontiersmen [LOF] Command arrive overseas … Continue reading
The Frontiersmen Historian 