Ramsden | H R | | | Source: WO100/226 | Civil Surgeon |
Ramsden | H S | | | 3rd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | King's Own Scottish Borderers |
Ramsden | Horace Edward | | Lieutenant | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Commander-in-Chief's Bodyguard |
Ramsden | Horace Edward | | Lieutenant | QSA (3) OFS DoM Tr; KSA (2). VC (Trooper H E Ramsden, Protectorate Regiment, 26 Decr 1899); CGHGSM (1) Bechuanaland (Gnr PAOCV Arty); QSA (5) inc SA01 and SA02 (Lieut, VC C-in-C Bdy Gd); KSA (2) (Lieut, VC Hoh'burg MR); 1914-15 Star, BWM, Bilingual VM (Cpl Hartigan's Horse); 1937 Coronation Medal; South African Police Faithful Service Medal (No 1845 M 2/c Sergeant VC). Accompanied by QSA (1) DoM (87 Tpr Protect Regt FF). Welz & Co, Johannesburg, October 1999. Group in the Imperial War Museum, London
Source: Mafeking Siege Account and Medal Roll | Commander-in-Chief's Bodyguard |
Ramsden | Horace Edward | | Private | RAMSOEN, H E, Trooper, Protectorate Regiment , was awarded the Victoria Cross for services in the South African War of 1899-1902 [London Gazette, 6 July, 1900]: 'H E Ramsden, Trooper, Protectorate Regiment. On the 26th December 1899, during the fight at Game Tree, near Mafeking, after the order to retire was given, Trooper H E Ramsden picked up his brother, Trooper A E Ramsden, who had been shot through both legs and was lying about ten yards from the Boer trenches, and carried him about 600 or 800 yards under a heavy fire (putting him down from time to time to rest), till they met some men who helped to carry him to a place of safety'. This was the second Victoria Cross awarded to a soldier for saving his own brother's life; the first was awarded to Sir C J S Gough. After the war he gained a commission in the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles. He married Ada Tomlinson and had a son. During the Great War he served with Hartigan's Horse in South West Africa where he was taken prisoner by the Germans. He divorced and remarried Mary Levy in 1934. Ramsden died at Wynberg on 3 August 1948.
Source: VC recipients (VC and DSO book) | Protectorate Regiment |
Ramsden | Horace Edward | 88 | Trooper | Source: Nominal roll in WO127 | Protectorate Regiment |
Ramsden | J | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Lancashire Fusiliers |
Ramsden | J | | | 3rd Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | (Buffs) East Kent Regiment |
Ramsden | J | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
Ramsden | J | 3488 | Private | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA roll | Loyal North Lancashire Regiment |
Ramsden | J | | | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | East Lancashire Regiment |
Ramsden | J | 867 | Private | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA roll | Lancashire Fusiliers |
Ramsden | J | 3763 | Private | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA roll | Lancashire Fusiliers |
Ramsden | J | 5521 | Private | 2nd Malta Company, 9th Battalion Mounted Infantry
Source: QSA roll | Lancashire Fusiliers |
Ramsden | J | | | Received the Mediterranean Medal
3rd Battalion
Source: Medal roll WO100 368 | (Prince of Wales's Own) West Yorkshire Regiment |
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