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The following members of the 2nd V.B. Welsh Regiment presented themselves for examination before Surgeon-Lieutenant Sheperd, and were all passed as medically fit for service at the front: - Privates John Hunt, Thomas Hunt, and Wm. Morgan, Pontyclun; Wm. Ambrey, George Ambery, and Wm. Lewis, Llanharry; and Wm. John, Cowbridge. The Llanharry men are marksmen and the others first-class shots.
(South Wales Daily News, Monday 15th January 1900)
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The High Sheriff of Glamorgan (Mr. Griffith Thomas) visited Bridgend on Saturday afternoon to present South African medals to the non-commissioned officers and men of the Bridgend, Maesteg, and Cowbridge detachments of the 2nd V.B. Welsh Regiment who went to the front with the first active service Volunteer companies. These detachments, together with that of Margam, paraded at the Drill Hall, and headed by the battalion band from Port Talbot marched to the Brewery Field, where the High Sheriff handed out the medals from a temporary platform in the presence of the men's Volunteer comrades, the leading townspeople, and a huge gathering of the general public. Amongst the officers present were Colonel Homfray, commanding the battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Trick, Captains J. C. Coath, T. H. Boucher,J. P. McGaul, H. J. Randall, and Lieutenant Felton. Captain Coath, commanding the Bridgend headquarter companies, was in charge of the parade. The High Sheriff shook hands with the recipients of the medals and addressed to each some congratulatory words. In a speech to the assembled Volunteers, the High Sheriff said it was a pleasure to him to be present in his official capacity as representing the King in the county, to welcome the men upon their return from South Africa. If the end of the war was in sight, as Lord Roberts at Manchester thought it might be, it was to a great extent due to the noble response of Volunteers to the calls made upon them. He was proud of the way the Volunteers of this county had responded to the call to go to South Africa. Hearty cheers for the High Sheriff closed the interesting proceedings. There was a medal for Private William Lewis, of Cowbridge, but he, poor fellow, died in South Africa, and the medal will be handed to his widow. Another medallist, Private G. Ambury, was one of the men injured in the Meiros colliery explosion, and he in consequence was unable to be present. The names of the men entitled to medals were as follows: -
Maesteg Detachment. - Private William Griffiths.
Bridgend. - Corporals John Morgan, A. E. John, and E. Lovelock. Privates J. T. Price, Leyshon Ace, and Thomas Williams.
Cowbridge. - Privates William Ambury, George Ambury, William John, William Lewis (dead), T. Hunt, J. Hunt, William Morgan, E. David, and T. Bennett.
(The Cardiff Times, Saturday 19th October 1901)
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The annual prize distribution of the Cowbridge Volunteers took place last night at the Duke of Wellington Hotel. The prizes consisted of blankets, turkeys, geese, ducks, fowls, beef, bottles of wines and spirits, and small casks of ale. At the same place Privates A. David, T. Bennett, and W. John were the recipients of silver watches, which had been subscribed for by the townspeople, as an acknowledgement of the services they had rendered to their country in South Africa. The mayor (Alderman Jenkins) made the presentation. A smoking concert concluded a pleasant evening.
(Evening Express, Tuesday 24th December 1901)
(South Wales Daily News, Monday 15th January 1900)
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AFRICAN WAR MEDALS.
Presentation at Bridgend.
The High Sheriff of Glamorgan (Mr. Griffith Thomas) visited Bridgend on Saturday afternoon to present South African medals to the non-commissioned officers and men of the Bridgend, Maesteg, and Cowbridge detachments of the 2nd V.B. Welsh Regiment who went to the front with the first active service Volunteer companies. These detachments, together with that of Margam, paraded at the Drill Hall, and headed by the battalion band from Port Talbot marched to the Brewery Field, where the High Sheriff handed out the medals from a temporary platform in the presence of the men's Volunteer comrades, the leading townspeople, and a huge gathering of the general public. Amongst the officers present were Colonel Homfray, commanding the battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Trick, Captains J. C. Coath, T. H. Boucher,J. P. McGaul, H. J. Randall, and Lieutenant Felton. Captain Coath, commanding the Bridgend headquarter companies, was in charge of the parade. The High Sheriff shook hands with the recipients of the medals and addressed to each some congratulatory words. In a speech to the assembled Volunteers, the High Sheriff said it was a pleasure to him to be present in his official capacity as representing the King in the county, to welcome the men upon their return from South Africa. If the end of the war was in sight, as Lord Roberts at Manchester thought it might be, it was to a great extent due to the noble response of Volunteers to the calls made upon them. He was proud of the way the Volunteers of this county had responded to the call to go to South Africa. Hearty cheers for the High Sheriff closed the interesting proceedings. There was a medal for Private William Lewis, of Cowbridge, but he, poor fellow, died in South Africa, and the medal will be handed to his widow. Another medallist, Private G. Ambury, was one of the men injured in the Meiros colliery explosion, and he in consequence was unable to be present. The names of the men entitled to medals were as follows: -
Maesteg Detachment. - Private William Griffiths.
Bridgend. - Corporals John Morgan, A. E. John, and E. Lovelock. Privates J. T. Price, Leyshon Ace, and Thomas Williams.
Cowbridge. - Privates William Ambury, George Ambury, William John, William Lewis (dead), T. Hunt, J. Hunt, William Morgan, E. David, and T. Bennett.
(The Cardiff Times, Saturday 19th October 1901)
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COWBRIDGE VOLUNTEERS.
The annual prize distribution of the Cowbridge Volunteers took place last night at the Duke of Wellington Hotel. The prizes consisted of blankets, turkeys, geese, ducks, fowls, beef, bottles of wines and spirits, and small casks of ale. At the same place Privates A. David, T. Bennett, and W. John were the recipients of silver watches, which had been subscribed for by the townspeople, as an acknowledgement of the services they had rendered to their country in South Africa. The mayor (Alderman Jenkins) made the presentation. A smoking concert concluded a pleasant evening.
(Evening Express, Tuesday 24th December 1901)