Kanemono Posted October 24, 2018 Share #1 Posted October 24, 2018 Here is a group to Corp. William Landy who served in the 5th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War. He earned a Queen’s South Africa medal with the clasps South Africa 1902, Orange Free State and Cape Colony. The medal is named to him around the rim. Landy’s name is spelled Laudy. Along with the QSA is a Manchester cap badge. Landy served in Battery “D”, 55th Artillery of the 26th Division during WW1. He was wounded in action during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on Oct. 3rd, 1918. The group has all of Landy’s original paperwork including his birth certificate, British Army Discharge, US Army Discharge, US Naturalization papers and his Death Certificate. His Purple Heart is #3558. Dick Link to comment
bobgee Posted October 25, 2018 Share #3 Posted October 25, 2018 Outstanding medal group, Dick! Thanks for posting. Bob Link to comment
patches Posted October 25, 2018 Share #4 Posted October 25, 2018 Pretty amazing, a Boar War British solder then an an American one. Link to comment
Bagman6 Posted October 26, 2018 Share #5 Posted October 26, 2018 Very interesting. Thanks. Link to comment
Dr Strangelove Posted November 1, 2018 Share #6 Posted November 1, 2018 That's one heck of a nice group. Thanks for sharing Link to comment
Jumpmaster Posted November 5, 2018 Share #7 Posted November 5, 2018 Dick As usual superb and unique group with historical significance. I find the documentation is the star of the group IMHO. It grounds the pieces in that you get to see the writing that makes the events real on another level. Corporal Landy did the fighting and someone did the writing, witnessing back then what we consider history today. Link to comment
stratasfan Posted November 5, 2018 Share #8 Posted November 5, 2018 Wow! Cool grouping! Does the discharge really say he was only five foot two and a half inches tall? Out of curiosity . . . where was he fighting in 1938 to get WIA and the PH? Link to comment
dag Posted November 5, 2018 Share #9 Posted November 5, 2018 I'm thinking the date for WIA was 10-3-18 (looks like they tried to correct 38 to 18). That would be before WWI ended. May have just taken 14 years to award the Purple Heart in 1932. Just noticed the Honorable Discharge - it does list the WIA as Oct. 3, 1918. Link to comment
Wharfmaster Posted November 19, 2018 Share #10 Posted November 19, 2018 Great group, I like it ! Wharf Link to comment
DocCollector1441 Posted November 20, 2018 Share #11 Posted November 20, 2018 That is an awesome group. I could not tell from the documentation (sadly I have an easier time reading Suetterlin and Kurrentschrift on German documentation than old English handwriting) was Corp. Landy from England and immigrate to the US or was he from the US and go England to fight before coming back? Link to comment
jagjetta Posted November 28, 2018 Share #12 Posted November 28, 2018 Absolutely fantastic group!! Link to comment
teamski Posted December 3, 2018 Share #13 Posted December 3, 2018 That is friggin' amazing! Wow! How rare is that? Damn rare! Thanks for sharing! -Ski Link to comment
509thPIB Posted December 3, 2018 Share #14 Posted December 3, 2018 Thanks for sharing this wonderful group with us Dick. Link to comment
captainofthe7th Posted January 2, 2019 Share #15 Posted January 2, 2019 Always a pleasure looking at this beautiful group. Rob Link to comment
KASTAUFFER Posted April 22, 2020 Share #16 Posted April 22, 2020 Thats a great group. I've been trying to find one like that, Kurt Link to comment
Sumserbrown Posted January 6, 2023 Share #18 Posted January 6, 2023 Very unusual grouping, many thanks for sharing Rob Link to comment
Gunner87 Posted Thursday at 11:33 PM Share #20 Posted Thursday at 11:33 PM On 10/24/2018 at 9:38 PM, Kanemono said: Here is a group to Corp. William Landy who served in the 5th Battalion of the Manchester Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War. He earned a Queen’s South Africa medal with the clasps South Africa 1902, Orange Free State and Cape Colony. The medal is named to him around the rim. Landy’s name is spelled Laudy. Along with the QSA is a Manchester cap badge. Landy served in Battery “D”, 55th Artillery of the 26th Division during WW1. He was wounded in action during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on Oct. 3rd, 1918. The group has all of Landy’s original paperwork including his birth certificate, British Army Discharge, US Army Discharge, US Naturalization papers and his Death Certificate. His Purple Heart is #3558. Dick Hi kanemono. You probably have these but if not they are William's enlistment and service papers. William is listed as being wounded in the 'Lancashire Daily Post', Tuesday April 22 1902 and a further article in the "Yorkshire Post, Tuesday April 22 1902 has the detail the incident was at Windburg. I will send the while page over by pm. Best Gunner Link to comment
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