Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, (2) clasps: Cape Colony & Orange Free State to Maher, a Civilian Railway Ganger, Imperial Railways
Mr. J. Maher. Imp. Mil. Rly:
A civilian ‘Ganger’ on the state railways.
Confirmed on the roll.
After the two capitals of the Boer republics fell into British hands the British Forces took over the railways in the two former republics and operated a railway styled the Imperial Military Railways. The military railways were very effectively run by Colonel Sir EPC Girouard. They even had their own Railways Police.
