Roberts of Kandahar-Honours: King's South Africa Medal, 1901

King's South Africa Medal

Lord Roberts received the King's South Africa Medal for service in the South African War (Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902).

King's South Africa Medal (Bars for "South Africa 1901" and "South Africa 1902")

Queen Victoria having died during the South African War, King Edward VII authorized this medal to be given to all who were serving in South Africa on or after 1st January, 1902, and who would complete eighteen months' service before 1st June, 1902.

L. L. Gordon, British Battles and Medals, 5th Edition, 1979

An example of the
King's South Africa Medal
After L. L. Gordon,
British Battles and Medals,
5th Edition, 1979

	Field Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar Honours and Decorations
	K. R. Gibbs provides background notes on some of the actions for which the Queen's South Africa Medal was awarded in "Bars and Medals" from the Military History Journal of the South African Military History Society, Volume 2, Number 3, June, 1973.
	Lord Roberts was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the face of the enemy while serving as a Lieutenant in the Bengal Horse Artillery (Indian Army) during the Indian Mutiny. The Victoria Cross is Britain's highest award for gallantry. In 1899, his son, Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts, was awarded the V.C. posthumously for his actions at the Battle of Colenso during the South African War.
	In his autobiography, Forty-One Years in India, London, 1897, Lord Roberts recounts the Siege of Delhi (1857) during the Indian Mutiny (Chapters XIII through XIX).

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