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KING's OwN SCOTTISH BoRDERERSDURING THE BoER WAR1900-1902  \nhttps://archive.org/details/bluebonnetsboers0000will  \nBlue Bonnets.o'er the Border-  \nThe Regimental March  \n## Blue Bonnets,Boers &Biscuits\n\nT Nicol  dmBa  wn tes oore,CJo  NOV  1998  \nThe Diary of a Private serving withThe King's Own Scottish Borderers duringthe South African Boer War:1900-1902  \nFirst published in England in 1998by Heather Wilson  \n67 Cadogan Gardens,South Woodford,London E181LY  \nCopyright CHeather Wilson 1998  \n## ALL RIGHTS RESERVED\n\nNo part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any formor by any means without prior written permission.  \nISBN 0953336905  \nCONTENTS  \nAcknowledgement ……………………………………………………………………………………………………3  \nIntroduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………………5  \nThe Regiment …………………………………………………………………………………………………7  \nSouth African War 1899-1902 ……………………………………………………………………………10  \nHome and WW1………………………………………………………………………………………………………71  \nThe Famil……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………75  \nFootnote …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………76  \nGlossary……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………77  \nPicture Credits ………………………………………………………………………………………………………77  \nQuoted Extract Credit. ……………………………………………………………………………………78  \nBibliography………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………78  \nIndices………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………79  \nThe Diary- Chapters  \n1 England to Paardeburg……………………………………………………………………………………………………13  \n2 The March to Bloemfontein……………………………………………………………………………………………………25  \n3 Trek to Johannesburg……………………………………………………………………………………………………………33  \n4 Advance to Pretoria…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………39  \n5 Forays around Pretoria……………………………………………………………………………………………………………43  \n6 Food and Drink…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………53  \n7 Along the Delagoa Railway………………………………………………………………………………………55  \n8 January 1901-1902……………………………………………………………………………………………………67  \nAcknowledgements  \nMr.H.J.Garratt  \nMr. George Gunn, MBE  \nMr.David Martin  \nMr. George Nichols  \nMr. Colin George Wardley  \nMr Ken Brunton  \nMr.Clifford Colliss  \nLt. Col. David Ward (deceased)  \nMr.Jonathan Woolf  \nTrustees of the KOSB  \nThe resources of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers archives,  \nthe Imperial War Museum, the National Army Museum, the Warwickshire County  \nRecord Office and the Public Record Office have contributed to this book.  \nWilliam Thomas Fessey D.C.M.  \nThe Medal Ribbons denoteDistinguished Conduct Medal  \nIndian Medal 1895 with Clasp for Relief of Chitral  \nQueen Victoria's South Africa Medal with Clasps for Cape Coloy;Paardeburg and Johannesburg  \nKings South Africa Medal with bars 1901 and 19021914-1915 Star;British War Medal 1914-1918,Victory Medal 1914-1918  \n## INTRODUCTION\n\nWilliam Thomas Fessey was born in Warwickshire on the 10th April 1870,theeldest of nine children,and lived with his family in Tysoe,a village nine milesnorth-west of Banbury.The village of Tysoe dates from before the Conquest and ona sandstone hill opposite the church was cut the figure of a horse,which gave it'sname 'The Red Horse'to the area around.  \nIn the fifty-first year of the reign of Queen Victoria,William then aged 18 on a visitto Banbury ‘took the Queen's shilling'and enlisted in the King's Own ScottishBorderers and was attested at Aldershot in June 1888.  \nTysoe cottages where William spent his childhood (E)  \nAccording to his army papers he was 5'9”in height with fresh complexion and darkbrown hair.  \nAfter training at the Depot he joined the 2nd Battalion in Egypt in 1889,where theBattalion had been part of the Suakim Force fighting against the Dervishes atGemaizah.In January 18902nd.Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderersembarked from Suez to Bombay and in 1895 William was in action with the  \nBattalion at the Malakand Pass on the North West Frontier of I","cbCaiatcXW9isLp6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiatcXW9isLp6","pdf",4139655,92,"English","# Contents\n## Acknowledgement\n## Introduction\n## The Regiment\n## South African War 1899-1902\n## Home and WW1\n## The Famil\n## Footnote\n## Glossary\n## Picture Credits\n## Quoted Extract Credit\n## Bibliography\n## Indices\n## The Diary - Chapters\n### England to Paardeburg\n### The March to Bloemfontein\n### Trek to Johannesburg\n### Advance to Pretoria\n### Forays around Pretoria\n### Food and Drink\n### Along the Delagoa Railway\n### January 1901-1902","[{\"question\":\"Who is William Thomas Fessey in the diary?\",\"answer\":\"William Thomas Fessey is a private who served with the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and kept a record of his time in South Africa during the Boer War.\"},{\"question\":\"What period does the diary cover in South Africa?\",\"answer\":\"The Boer War service covered is from 1900 to 1902, as indicated in the book’s title and chapter structure.\"},{\"question\":\"What kinds of materials does the book include besides the diary chapters?\",\"answer\":\"The publication provides acknowledgements, an introduction, regimental and war context sections, along with glossary, picture credits, quoted extract credit, bibliography, and indices.\"}]","BLUE BONNETS O'ER THE BORDER - The Diary of Private William Fessey D.C.M.Serving in the King's Own Scottish Borderers during the Boer War 1900-1902 | PDF",1790653917,142]