The first battle fought in Africa by the 24th?

Subject: The first battle fought in Africa by the 24th? Wed Jul 11, 2018 1:41 pm

Interesting little question.

Frank,

Northern or Southern Africa?

JY

Southern John.
I was out rambling around the site on the weekend.

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Try 8 January 1806 - I have walked the site on 200th anniversary with U.K. High Commissioner Paul Boateng in 2006.

Well done Kenny, lets keep it at that and see if anyone can identify the location. Incidently would any award/medal have been awarded or would it just be a regimental award?

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Frank

Having made the post, I remembered that the 24th did get awarded the famous SPHINX with Egypt in 1801. For 1806, as far as I can tell there were no awards to individuals and then the battle honour was only granted in 1824. In 1881 when the honour for South Africa 1877-8-9 was granted, the date 1806 was added to the earlier award to avoid confusion.

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The Battle of Blaauwberg, also known as the Battle of Cape Town.

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An officer of the 24th at the time of the Battle of Blauw Berg by Richard Simkin.
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Steve Reinstadtler

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Odd that the Military General Service Medal didn’t extend to the Cape of Good Hope, given that the clasp ‘Java’ was authorised for another action against the Dutch.

JY

An erudite bunch indeed, well done Gentlemen. my most local battlefield and its taken me 50 years to get there

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