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Afghanistan 1878-80 (0)
Ashanti Star 1896
Sudan 1896-98
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Delhi Durbar 1911
Khedive's Sudan (4) Sudan 1897, The Atbara, Khartoum, Sudan 1899

CB LG 26.6.1908 Colonel William Henry Sitwell, D.S.O., half-pay.
DSO LG 19.4.1901 Major and Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William Henry Silwell, the Northumberland Fusiliers
'In recognition of services in connection with the Campaign in South Africa, 1899-1900.'

Brigadier-General William Henry Sitwell, C.B., D.S.O., born Benares, India, November 1860, the son of Major F.H.M. Sitwell, Bengal Army; educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Bedfordshire Regiment, January 1880; transferred to the Northumberland Fusiliers, February 1880; served with the Fusiliers in the Second Afghan War; promoted Captain, April 1889; employed as Adjutant to the Bechuanaland Border Police, March 1891 to May 1893, 'he had the questionable distinction of being a prisoner of King Lobengula for some weeks in 1891, and was one of the few, if not the last Englishman, who saw the actual great Matahele war dance.' (The recipient's obituary refers).

Employed as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, Guernsey, May 1895 to August 1897; served in the Ashanti, December 1895 to February 1896, and took part in the Ashanti Expedition; employed with the Egyptian Army, September 1897 to December 1899, and took part in the Nile Expedition of 1898; severely wounded at Shebalia; took part in the capture of Shendy, and in the Battles of the Atbara and Khartoum (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 30.9.1898, and promoted Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, November 1898); took part in the Nile Expedition of 1899, where he commanded the 14th Sudanese in the first pursuit of the Khalifa; served during the Boer War, where he commanded the 9th and 10th Mounted Infantry, 3rd Division, January to August 1900, and afterwards raised the 22nd Mounted Infantry and commanded a Column of All Arms, March 1901 to May 1902; present in the operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900; operations in the Orange River Colony, May to November 1900; and operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony, November 1900 to May 1902 (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 16.4.1901, and awarded the Distinguished Service Order). 'Although there is no official account of his D.S.O., it is understood to have been awarded for capturing a hill in the attack on Dewetsdorp in April 1900 two Victoria Crosses being awarded to Colonel Sitwell's command on the same occasion.' (The Distinguished Service Order 1886-1923 refers).

Promoted Brevet-Colonel, July 1904; commanded the 4th Northumberland Fusiliers, and subsequently the 2nd East Lancashire Regiment, 1906-08; promoted Colonel, February 1908, and created a Companion of the Bath, June 1908; appointed Assistant Adjutant General, 3rd Lahore Division, March 1909; commanded the Quetta 1st Infantry Brigade, 1913-14; promoted Brigadier-General, November 1913; served during the Great War, and commanded the 34th Infantry Brigade at the landing in Suvla Bay, 6.8.1915. He retired from the Army, March 1918, and died at the ancestral family home of Barmoor Castle, Northumberland, September 1932.

Estimate £300 to £400