Frontier Light Horse
The Frontier Light Horse, a mounted unit of 200 volunteers, was raised at King William's Town, Eastern Cape Colony in 1877 by Lieutenant Frederick Carrington.
South Africa Medal (1877) | |
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Obverse (left) and reverse (right) of the South Africa Medal (1877) | |
Type | Campaign medal |
Awarded for | Campaign service. |
Description | Silver disk, 36mm diameter. |
Presented by | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
Eligibility | British forces. |
Campaign(s) | Anglo-Zulu War 1877–1879 |
Clasps | 1877 1877–78 1879 1877–8–9 |
Established | August 1880 |
Ribbon bar of the award |
It is often referred to as the Cape Frontier Light Horse and served under Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Burmester Pulleine.
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