He "escaped" how very odd, in the Anglo Boer War, most were simply released, some, quite literally, a matter of hours after being captured.
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Originally Posted by Mike B
I once had a Boer War (King and Queens medal) / WW1 (Trio) medal group to a chap called Rimmer - 2 Bn Cheshire Reg and 8 Mounted Infantry - for a short time POW of the Boers but escaped - I sold all my medals when getting involved in Cdo items - but I really liked that grouping. I think the Cheshire Regimental Museum may have had a photograph album of Service in South Africa - pretty sure Cheshire Reg but it has been so long since I heard about it that I could be mistaken and it could be Cheshire Yeomanry.
Good hunting
Mike
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