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Four: Company Sergeant Major B. S. Mackay, 2nd South African Infantry, late Imperial Yeomanr...
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Four: Company Sergeant Major B. S. Mackay, 2nd South African Infantry, late Imperial Yeomanry and Natal Horse, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 October 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal (12412 Tpr: B. Mackay, 67th Coy 18th Impl: Yeo:; 1914-15 Star (Sjt B. S. Mackay. Ntl. Light Hse.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (A/2nd C/W.O. B. S. Mackay. 2nd S.A.I.) edge digs to QSA, otherwise good very fine (4) £400-£500 --- Benjamin Sutherland Mackay was born in Kinbrace, Sutherland, around 1876. He attested into the Imperial Yeomanry for Service during the Boer War, at Frobisher Bay, Canada, on 17 February 1900 and served in South Africa with the 67th Company (Sharpshooters), 18th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. Discharged in Johannesburg on 13 May 1901, he joined the South African Constabulary and is additionally entitled to the ‘South Africa 1901’ clasp on his QSA. He later attested into the Natal Light Horse for service during the Great War and served in the South West Africa campaign before transferring into the 2nd Battalion South African Infantry. Advanced Company Sergeant Major, he served on the Western Front and was killed in action on 12 October 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.
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Four: Company Sergeant Major B. S. Mackay, 2nd South African Infantry, late Imperial Yeomanry and Natal Horse, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 October 1916 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal (12412 Tpr: B. Mackay, 67th Coy 18th Impl: Yeo:; 1914-15 Star (Sjt B. S. Mackay. Ntl. Light Hse.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (A/2nd C/W.O. B. S. Mackay. 2nd S.A.I.) edge digs to QSA, otherwise good very fine (4) £400-£500 --- Benjamin Sutherland Mackay was born in Kinbrace, Sutherland, around 1876. He attested into the Imperial Yeomanry for Service during the Boer War, at Frobisher Bay, Canada, on 17 February 1900 and served in South Africa with the 67th Company (Sharpshooters), 18th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry. Discharged in Johannesburg on 13 May 1901, he joined the South African Constabulary and is additionally entitled to the ‘South Africa 1901’ clasp on his QSA. He later attested into the Natal Light Horse for service during the Great War and served in the South West Africa campaign before transferring into the 2nd Battalion South African Infantry. Advanced Company Sergeant Major, he served on the Western Front and was killed in action on 12 October 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France. Sold with copied research.
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