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Originally Posted by Alan O
The awarding of Battlehonours to VB regts is recorded in the Army Order of 1905. Of all the KRRC Bns only the 9th is listed as being awarded the honour, This does not mean that other KRRC regts did not send personnel. They did but not enough and/or in formed bodies to be included in the AO.
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I think you made a slight error here. This is not about VB, but about Militia. The 5th - 9th Bn were (1881-1908) militia battalions.
BTW the 6th Bn was disbanded in 1889 and thus did not even see the Boer War happen.