1st Inniskillings depart South Africa.

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Sat, 01/17/1903

The 1st Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers moved at war's end from the Orange Free State towards Cape Town and embarked on the SS Aurania on 17 January 1903. The Battalion landed at Queenstown, Ireland on 8 February, arriving in Enniskillen the following day. South African War medals were presented by the Duke of Abercorn and HM King Edward VII. The King presented the medals in Belfast during his visit to Ireland in July 1903.

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