Three: Lieutenant W.F. Loveland, Canadian Forestry Corps, Late Imperial Yeomanry, Queen's South Africa, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 [last clasp unofficially riveted] (14506 S.-S. Major, Impl. Yeomanry), officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.), very fine or better, mounted as worn (3)

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Three: Lieutenant W.F. Loveland, Canadian Forestry Corps, Late Imperial Yeomanry, Queen's South Africa, four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 [last clasp unofficially riveted] (14506 S.-S. Major, Impl. Yeomanry), officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.), very fine or better, mounted as worn (3)

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Lieutenant Walter Frederick Loveland was twice Mentioned in Despatches during the Boer War. The second was gained for his gallantry during the Boer attack on the Imperial Light Horse at Hartebeestfontein on 22.3.1901 when he was severely wounded. A Boer force attacked a party of I.L.H. scouts who managed to retire under fire with the support of two Squadrons but not before 400 Boers had charged the thin, extended I.L.H. line. Loveland was mentioned and promoted to Sergeant by the Commander-in-Chief:

'Although wounded in five places, continued to fire until the Boers galloped over him' (London Gazette 9.7.1901 refers).

Loveland had returned to England from British Columbia to join the Imperial Yeomanry. He was also Mentioned in Despatches by Lord Roberts (London Gazette 10.9.1901 refers), while attached to the Imperial Light Horse. During the Great War Loveland served in France as an Officer in the Canadian Forestry Corps.