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CGHGSM (1) Bechuanaland (CPL. T.A.EATON. C.M.RIF.), engraved.

No Boer War service found. There was a man named Henry Frederick Eaton who served in the CMR and at Wepener.

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SAGS (1) 1877-8-9 (Sergt. J. O. Dwyer. C.M. Rifles.);
CGHGSM (1) Basutoland (Sergt. J. C. Dwyer. C.M. Rifn.)

the pair to Sergeant Dwyer sold for a hammer price of GBP 1,000. Totals (VAT UK only): GBP 1,288. R27,900. Au$2,500. Can$2,280. US$1,620.

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CGHGSM (1) Basutoland (Lieut. G. G. E. Graves, C.M. Rifn.)

Galbraith George Edward Graves was born in 1853, son of Edwin E. Graves, a Sub-Inspector in the Royal Irish Constabulary. He appears to have gone with his father to Natal in about 1876 and joined the Cape Mounted Rifles as a Private on 9 March 1880. Promoted 3rd Class Sergeant the following month, he was advanced to 1st Class Sergeant and Regimental Sergeant Major on 8 June 1880. In March 1881 he was promoted to Lieutenant and appointed Acting Adjutant of Troop 1. He was dismissed in May 1883 after charges of drunkenness and un-gentlemanly conduct were brought against him by a superior officer, and is the Confidential Report his Commanding Officer wrote: ‘Drinks very hard. Is good at drill but that is about all I can say in this Officer’s favour. He is not a gentleman and does not know how to conduct himself in decent society.’ However, the allegations against him proved to be unfounded and based on malicious hearsay, and he was consequently officially discharged on 1 September 1884 on reduction of the establishment. In 1892 he was serving as a Major with the British South Africa Company Police at Fort Victoria.