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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 782

(x) Western Province Mounted Rifles

The Western Province Mounted Rifles (W.P.M.R.) were raised in December 1900 and had a strength of about 500 during the Guerilla War. According to Tylden, one Troop was composed almost entirely of amateur cricketers. The unit was heavily engaged in the extreme south-west of Cape Colony and patrols were frequently attacked and often captured by marauding Boer Commandos. So much so that the W.P.M.R. earned the nickname of 'Will Provide Maritz with Rifles'!

Pair: Trooper H. W. Abbott, Western Province Mounted Rifles

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (181 Tpr: H. W. Abbott. W. Prov: M.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2/Lt. H. W. Abbott.), good very fine and better (2)

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