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(1877-1879)
What is commonly called the Zulu War Medal was awarded to those British soldiers who fought in a series of conflicts in southern Africa from 1877 (the Kaffir War) through to 1879 (the Zulu War). In 1880 the various units submitted returns of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men 'entitled to the Medal for Military Operations in South Africa during 1877-8-9' and these 'medal rolls' are now in the National Archives. The returns are made with the information arranged in twelve columns:
1. Rank and name
2. Regimental number and rank at the time the medal was earned
3. Whether in possession of medal for previous wars
4. Whether engaged against the Gaikas, Galekas and other Kaffir tribes 1877-8
5. Whether engaged against Pokwane 1878
6. Whether engaged against the Griquas 1878
7. Whether engaged against the Zulus 1879
8. Whether engaged against Sekukuni as set forth in Par. 2. G. O.
9. Whether engaged against Moirosi's stronghold
10. Entitled to medal without clasp under Par. 4.
11. Serving with regiment, depot, dead, discharged, deserted, &c.
12. Notes and cross-references to the Adjutant-General's medal lists.
WO 100/46.
WEST. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Boys entering Cheltenham College
(1879)
Cheltenham College 'was founded in order to provide for the sons of gentlemen a Classical, Mathematical, and General Education of the highest order, on moderate terms, in strict conformity with the principles and doctrines of the Church of England.'
Andrew Alexander Hunter, the college registrar, compiled the first edition of the College Register in four parts from 1883 to 1886: these merely listed the boys by term of entry, with their dates of birth and names and addresses of their fathers. Circulars were also sent out to all Old Cheltonians whose addresses were known, requesting additional details. On the basis of the returns from these and Hunter's further researches, this much fuller register was published in 1890.
The information after each boy's name is given (where known and applicable) in this format: father's full name and address as of the time the boy entered the college; class and department on entering the college (classes being number from 1 downwards, and these again divided into A and B, some into C and D, others into P (Principal's side) and V. P. (Vice-Principal's side) - 1A was the highest class in each department: besides this, certain others were called Addiscombe, Woolwich, Civil, Direct, Line, Sandhurst, Naval, Special, Preparatory, Latin, and India Civil) and the same on leaving, name of Boarding House (or 'Day Boy'), scholastic and athletic honours attained at the college, and subsequent career (including date and place of death, or present address in 1890, if known).WEST. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Classics students at Cambridge University
(1879)
Tripos lists or examination results for the year, arranged by class (First, Second and Third), and within each class in order of score in the examination (students getting exactly equal marks are bracketed together). Each student's surname and college is given: this list was printed in 1890, and was annotated with asterisks to show which students had subsequently become fellows of the university; and with footnotes showing those who became headmasters, &c., elsewhere. In each year two students were singled out for the Chancellor's Medals, and these are marked, (A) for senior, (B) for junior (or with a paragraph mark if adjudged of equal merit). These lists are particularly useful in identifying for an individual the fellow-students who will have attended lectures with him; and, where from the college, are likely to have been even more closely associated by having been under the same supervisor. (The sample scan is from the start of the Mathematics Tripos list for 1770)WEST. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Printer elected to a pension
(1879)
The Printers' Pension Society was formed 3 December 1827 for 'the relief of aged, infirm, and distressed workmen, and their widows, in the several branches of the printing trade'. This list of pensioners elected through to December 1881 sets out in tabular form sequential number; year of election; full name (surname first); occupation (such as compositor, pressman, warehouseman, &c.); age at election; total amount paid (to December 1881 where still then living); and year of decease. The names of pensioners still alive at the end of 1881 are given in italics. The final column gives the number of husband or of widow in those cases where the spouse appears elsewhere in the list.WEST. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Women Students Entering Stockwell Teacher Training College
(1879)
This list, revised to August 1908, gives the student's name and her then address (if known); the Remarks column indicates whether she left the course early; left the profession; went abroad; died; became a headmistress; and/or married: married name is often given. WEST. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Zulu War Medal Roll: 57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
(1879)
List of Officers, Non Commissioned Officers, and men, entitled to the medal for military operations in South Africa, during 1877-8-9, and the names of those soldiers who would have been entitled except for Desertion, or Misconduct. The thirteen columns of the return give these details:
[Rank:]
[Name:]
[Regtl. No. and Rank at the time Medal was earned:]
[Whether in possession of medal for Previous Wars:]
[Whether engaged against the Gaikas, Galekas and other Kaffir tribes 1877-8:]
[Whether engaged against Pokwane 1878:]
[Whether engaged against the Griquas 1878:]
[Whether engaged against the Zulus in 1879:]
[Whether engaged against Sekukuni as set forth in Par II of G. O.:]
[Whether engaged against Moirosi’s stronghold:]
[Entitled to Medal with clasp under Para. IV:]
[Remarks Serving with Regiment or depot dead discharged deserted &c:]
[An empty column for notes]
This regiment's actions were almost exclusively against the Zulus in 1879. WO 100/47
WEST. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Voters in Macclesfield: Hurdsfield Ward
(1879-1880)
The electoral register for 1879-1880, for parts of Hurdsfield, Macclesfield and Tytherington, in Cheshire.WEST. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Voters in Macclesfield: South-East Ward
(1879-1880)
The electoral register for 1879-1880, for part of Macclesfield, in Cheshire.WEST. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Voters in Macclesfield: Sutton Ward
(1879-1880)
The electoral register for 1879-1880, for parts of Sutton and Macclesfield, in Cheshire.WEST. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
| Bankrupts, Assignees, Trustees and Solicitors
(1880)
Bankruptcy notices in England and Wales, January to March 1880WEST. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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