Awarding of medals - Boer War

[namatse]

I had two relatives who served in the Boer War, does anyone know if Service medals were automatically sent to soldiers or if they had to apply for their medals ?

Thanks

[Jebber]

I stand to be corrected but I believe they were issued automatically.

You can view the medal rolls on Ancestry to see what modals and clasps your  relatives were entitled to.

[namatse]

I already have records regarding which medals they would have been awarded.  I am trying different avenues to establish where these relatives were living in the early 1900's.  They were both born in Ireland but I cannot find them in the 1901 census as they were in SA with their regiments. "Thinking outside the box" then I thought maybe if medals had been sent to them, somewhere there must be address details.  Hope this makes sense.
Thank you

[Jebber]

My own grandfather, although  from Kent was posted to Ireland when he came back from the Boer War, I have a photo of him wearing his but no idea where he received it. Unfortunately I have no idea what became of it. As he died in service his records do not survive either.

[namatse]

Thanks for your help.