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Hi Frank, I have found with badges that nothing is impossible, just something's are damned difficult. I have heard some old time collectors turning up an item after searching for 50 years. You just have to keep digging, and know a rare item when you see it, because that may be your only chance ever to get it. Have fun. Andrew
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Baileys South African Sharp Shooters
Hi Mel, I have picked on the conversation about your grandfather, George William Hunt, and I am riveted by this story. I live in Australia but my roots are in Rhodesia. I am currently in Johannesburg at the bedside of my 82 year father who is failing rapidly. I have just been given an old leather photo album which belonged to Neville Methven, who was married to my great Aunt, Kate Patricia Halsted. Unfortunately, the album has seen better days but there are various photos of Baileys Sharp Shooters, which clearly include Neville Methven. (I remember him well, as I knew him as a little boy.) The interesting part for you is that these photos could well include your grandfather. I would love to make contact with you and share what you know about the Sharp Shooters. Regards, Craig (Incidentally, we still have Neville's colt .45 automatic pistol, which by a quirk of fate, I also carried as my side arm during the Rhodesian Bush War.)
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Hello Andrew,
Yes, if you know where to go, there is really nothing that you can't get, I would think that they were made by G&S on Regent St, they certainly made and retailed almost all the SAI Brigade badges during the Great War. Regards Frank Last edited by Frank Kelley; 28-06-14 at 05:39 AM. |
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BA LOWINGS
Hi all,
I am also a grand-daughter to a Bailey's sharpshooter. He was Bertie Arthur Lowings. I do believe the gentleman in South Sudan has his medals. I would really like to contact him - any suggestions? Cherryl Sachs |
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Hi Cherryl, If the gentleman you are talking about is William, he was captured in South Sudan in August. His family are fighting for his release. I know that they have sold much of his collection. I don't know if the medals were also sold. Regards Andrew
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Hello Mel
Have just come across your piece re Bailey's Sharpshooters. My wife's great uncle was with Methven in France and was killed on the Somme in Aug 1916. He was Cpl Alexander Laing (S6) and came from Morayshire, Scotland. Originally a bank clerk, for some unknown reason he left for Africa but we know nothing about him until the Somme! His name, that of WG Hunt and a H Potterill are commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial on the Somme. Any further info/links would be much appreciated. Paul H |
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Can i thank one and all for their contributions, found it thoroughly interesting, appreciate you sharing both personal and recorded info. Never heard of them before this. Regards Mark
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