Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Southey commanded the Cape Mounted Yeomanry during the Basuto Gun War.
In this action, the burghers had been forced to retire under a most determined enemy attack, with a loss of 16 killed and 21 wounded.
Eleven members of the 3rd Cape Mounted Yeomanry died as a result of enemy action at Morosi's Stronghold on 29 May 1879.
[2] Three hundred and six members of the unit received the Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal.
[3] Captain AL Chiapini and Trooper E McGuire received the medal with all three clasps i.e. Transkei, Basutoland and Bechuanaland.