Queens South Africa Medal clasps Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Transvaal, South Africa 1901(15396 TPR. F.W.ALLEN. 18-IMP.YEO.) - correctly impressed on fixed suspender as normal for 1909.
15396 Tpr Frederick William Allen b 1874 St Helen's Lancs served 1st Kings Dragoons Attested for 75th Coy Imp Yeo 03.1900 served Rhodesia & South Africa.
Frederick Allen was a tall man who stood 6 feet in his socks. An Electrical Engineer by profession, he initially attested for service with the 1st Kings Dragoons but bought himself out. When the Yeomanry contingent for the Anglo Boer War was raised he attested on 22 March 1900 and saw service in South Africa with the 75th Coy, 18th Battalion - the Sharpshooters.
Medals to the Yeomanry with the Rhodesia clasp are highly desirable. Allen's company also played a role in the hunt for Commandant Scheepers in the Cape Colony - an extract from Steve Watts article read:
"The next day, Scheepers' force appeared in Zeekoe River, north of Aberdeen. Parsons sent out three patrols, two of which were detachments from the 75th Coy, 18th Bn, Imperial Yeomanry. One Yeomanry patrol was captured; the other came under crossfire from a series of koppies occupied by the Boers. When the koppies were stormed soon afterwards, the Boers retired to the north of the village. This fight cost the Imperial Yeomanry a total of nine men, of whom four were killed or mortally wounded"
His time expired, Allen took his discharge on 31 May 1901.
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