perce620 Posted 5 January , 2005 Share Posted 5 January , 2005 Have got a pr of medals to CM855 Pte J F Hekma SAMCC-how big was this unit and how do you find records of it and people in it? Cheers Perce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KONDOA Posted 5 January , 2005 Share Posted 5 January , 2005 Hi Perce, Served in GEA, records may be at NA. Roop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintin1689 Posted 5 January , 2005 Share Posted 5 January , 2005 The SA Motor Cyclist Corps was formed in 1916 by Colonel JM Fairweather DSO of the Rand Light Infantry (the Rand LI had been raised as the Transvaal Cycle and Motor Corps from the cyclist element of the Transvaal Scottish) recruited from employees of the SA Railways) Four hundred BSA motorcycles were sent out from the UK for them, adapted to carry 140 lbs of kit besides the rider. They wore the Railways and Harbours Brigade cap badge modified to show the Corps title on the scroll. They served in the East African Campaign and were wound up in 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perce620 Posted 6 January , 2005 Author Share Posted 6 January , 2005 Thanks for the information guys-does anyone know of any photo's of either members of the unit, the CO or the unit badges Cheers Perce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geoffchew Posted 28 May , 2005 Share Posted 28 May , 2005 Thanks for the information guys-does anyone know of any photo's of either members of the unit, the CO or the unit badges Cheers Perce <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Perce I have a signed photo of Walter J. Houghton, lieutenant in the SAMCC Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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