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King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3228 Pte. W....
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King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3228 Pte. W. Ford. Innis: Drgns:) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £80-£100
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William Ford, an umbrella maker, was born in Hackney around 1874, the son of William Ford of 38 Stean Street, Haggerston, London. He attested for the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons at Brighton on 28 September 1892 and is recorded upon his Army Service Record as repeatedly A.W.O.L.; transferred to Army Reserve 25 September 1899, he was recalled to service under Special Order of 7 October 1899.
Posted to South Africa 24 October 1899, Ford was soon engaged in guerilla warfare as part of General French's force. A contemporary account by Private Alfred Rhodes of the 6th Dragoons describes the experience: 'We are having it very rough here. Just now the Boers are all around us. We had a big fight Tuesday... The Boers have been firing on us all night, and now we are going to let them have it. When you see shot and shell flying all ways, that's when you think of things - do and death. Boers in lumps and some with no heads... We have got to go through it thick and thin and it's just what we like' (The South Eastern Advertiser, 13 January 1900, refers).
Ford survived this engagement, but was captured just a short while later at Kuilfontein farm on 22 January 1900. He spent over 4 months as a Prisoner of War before being liberated by a squadron of the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) at Waterval on 6 June 1900. Returned home to England 9 August 1902, he was discharged on 25 September 1904.
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William Ford, an umbrella maker, was born in Hackney around 1874, the son of William Ford of 38 Stean Street, Haggerston, London. He attested for the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons at Brighton on 28 September 1892 and is recorded upon his Army Service Record as repeatedly A.W.O.L.; transferred to Army Reserve 25 September 1899, he was recalled to service under Special Order of 7 October 1899.
Posted to South Africa 24 October 1899, Ford was soon engaged in guerilla warfare as part of General French's force. A contemporary account by Private Alfred Rhodes of the 6th Dragoons describes the experience: 'We are having it very rough here. Just now the Boers are all around us. We had a big fight Tuesday... The Boers have been firing on us all night, and now we are going to let them have it. When you see shot and shell flying all ways, that's when you think of things - do and death. Boers in lumps and some with no heads... We have got to go through it thick and thin and it's just what we like' (The South Eastern Advertiser, 13 January 1900, refers).
Ford survived this engagement, but was captured just a short while later at Kuilfontein farm on 22 January 1900. He spent over 4 months as a Prisoner of War before being liberated by a squadron of the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) at Waterval on 6 June 1900. Returned home to England 9 August 1902, he was discharged on 25 September 1904.
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King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3228 Pte. W. Ford. Innis: Drgns:) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine £80-£100
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William Ford, an umbrella maker, was born in Hackney around 1874, the son of William Ford of 38 Stean Street, Haggerston, London. He attested for the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons at Brighton on 28 September 1892 and is recorded upon his Army Service Record as repeatedly A.W.O.L.; transferred to Army Reserve 25 September 1899, he was recalled to service under Special Order of 7 October 1899.
Posted to South Africa 24 October 1899, Ford was soon engaged in guerilla warfare as part of General French's force. A contemporary account by Private Alfred Rhodes of the 6th Dragoons describes the experience: 'We are having it very rough here. Just now the Boers are all around us. We had a big fight Tuesday... The Boers have been firing on us all night, and now we are going to let them have it. When you see shot and shell flying all ways, that's when you think of things - do and death. Boers in lumps and some with no heads... We have got to go through it thick and thin and it's just what we like' (The South Eastern Advertiser, 13 January 1900, refers).
Ford survived this engagement, but was captured just a short while later at Kuilfontein farm on 22 January 1900. He spent over 4 months as a Prisoner of War before being liberated by a squadron of the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) at Waterval on 6 June 1900. Returned home to England 9 August 1902, he was discharged on 25 September 1904.
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William Ford, an umbrella maker, was born in Hackney around 1874, the son of William Ford of 38 Stean Street, Haggerston, London. He attested for the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons at Brighton on 28 September 1892 and is recorded upon his Army Service Record as repeatedly A.W.O.L.; transferred to Army Reserve 25 September 1899, he was recalled to service under Special Order of 7 October 1899.
Posted to South Africa 24 October 1899, Ford was soon engaged in guerilla warfare as part of General French's force. A contemporary account by Private Alfred Rhodes of the 6th Dragoons describes the experience: 'We are having it very rough here. Just now the Boers are all around us. We had a big fight Tuesday... The Boers have been firing on us all night, and now we are going to let them have it. When you see shot and shell flying all ways, that's when you think of things - do and death. Boers in lumps and some with no heads... We have got to go through it thick and thin and it's just what we like' (The South Eastern Advertiser, 13 January 1900, refers).
Ford survived this engagement, but was captured just a short while later at Kuilfontein farm on 22 January 1900. He spent over 4 months as a Prisoner of War before being liberated by a squadron of the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) at Waterval on 6 June 1900. Returned home to England 9 August 1902, he was discharged on 25 September 1904.
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