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QSA (3) Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (21590 Bomb. G. Dew, T Bty. R.H.A.)

DCM London Gazette 19 April 1901. Awarded for Sannah’s Post (Thaba N’chu) 31 March 1900 (slightly wounded); medal presented by the King at St James’s Palace on 25 July 1901.

George Dew was born at Rhyader, Breconshire, and attested for the Corps of Dragoons at Hounslow on 22 November 1898. He was transferred to the Royal Fusiliers a few days later, on 1 December, and again transferred to the Royal Artillery on 16 January 1899, and posted to T Battery RHA. He was appointed acting Bombardier on 28 January 1900, and was slightly wounded at Thaba N’chu (Sannah’s Post) on 31 March 1900. He was invalided Home on 31 July 1900, and was discharged ‘Medically Unfit’ on 6 July 1901.

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DCM VR (8360 L. Corpl. S. Fearnside. 2nd Scots Gds:) officially impressed naming;
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (8360 L. Corpl. S. Fearnside. 2nd Scots Gds:) contemporarily re-engraved naming;
KSA (2) (8360 Corpl: S. Fearnside. Scots Guards.) engraved correction to initial, mounted as worn on contemporary wearing bar,

DCM London Gazette 31 October 1902. Initial not shown in Gazette but given as ‘F’ for D.C.M. announced in Army Orders as published in the Dundee Evening Telegraph, and as ‘W’ on the rolls for both campaign medals.

MID London Gazette 29 July 1902.

Stephen Fearnside was born on 10 November 1868, at Old Deer, Aberdeen, and originally attested for the Royal Artillery on 2 February 1887, a gardener by trade, and served one year 94 days with the 1st Brigade Field Artillery, before purchasing his discharge for £18. After a short period working as a porter for the Midland railway at Bredbury Station, he enlisted into the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards at Stockport on 27 August 1889, serving with them until 27 August 1896, when he transferred to the reserve. He was recalled to the colours upon the outbreak of the Second Boer War and joined the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards on 26 December 1899. He served with the battalion in South Africa from 15 March 1900 to 15 August 1902, being appointed Lance-Corporal in December 1900. He was transferred to the 3rd Battalion on 18 August 1902, and discharged at the end of the same month.

Corporal Fernside's group, including a renamed QSA, sold today for a hammer price of GBP 1,400. Total GBP 1,803. R 41,550. AUD 3,360. NZD 3,580. CAD 2,950. USD 2,180. EUR 2,030.

The [ DCM ] QSA to Bombardier Dew sold today for a hammer price of GBP 500. Total GBP 644. R 14,840. AUD 1,200. NZD 1,280. CAD 1,060. USD 780. EUR 730.

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DCM VR (3325 Serjt: A. Walmsley. W. Yorkshire Regt.);
Ashanti Star 1896 (3325 L. Cpl. A. Walmsley 2. W. Yorks R.) reverse inscribed in the usual Regimental style;
QSA (5) Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3325 Corl. J. [sic] Walmsley, W. York: Regt.) initial officially corrected, mounted court-style for wear, heavy pitting and contact marks, suspension on QSA broken and crudely repaired;
[ KSA (2) ]

DCM London Gazette 27 September 1901. Earlier details in the London Gazette, 8 February 1901 state: ‘No. 3325 Lance-Sergeant J. [sic] Walmsley, who distinguished himself [at the advance on Laing’s Nek on 12 June 1900] in charge of the Maxims of the Battalion.’

Arthur Walmsley was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, in 1873 and attested for the West Yorkshire Regiment at Preston on 3 October 1892. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Ashanti campaign from 11 December 1895 to 23 February 1896, and was promoted Corporal on 1 May 1898. Transferring to the Army Reserve on 3 October 1899, after seven years with the Colours, he was recalled to the Colours less than a week later on 9 October 1899, and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 20 October 1899 to 15 August 1901, and then again from 11 January 1902 to 10 September 1902 (also entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal with the two date clasps). Promoted Sergeant on 7 February 1901, for his services during the advance on Laing’s Nek on 12 June 1900 he was both Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901) and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. After further service in India from 21 January 1904 to 8 December 1906, he was finally discharged at his own request after 18 years’ service on 30 November 1910, after a total of 18 years and 59 day’s service.

Sold with a group photographic image of the Warrant Officers, Staff Sergeant, and Sergeants of the 1st Battalion, West Yorkshire regiment, 1906 (in which the recipient is identified, and is wearing his four medals)

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DCM Ed VII (84179 Serjt: J. H. Rickard. R.A.);
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (84179 Sgt. J. H. Rickard, 38th. Bty., R.F.A.) rank officially corrected;
KSA (2) (84179 Serjt: J. H. Rickard. R.F.A.) area of erasure between surname and unit on last, the first two with top brooch bars

DCM London Gazette 31 October 1902.

MID London Gazette 29 July 1902.

He served with the 38th Battery, Royal Field Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War, and was slightly wounded at de Klip drift on 7 March 1902.

The trio to Sergeant Rickard, RFA, sold for a hammer price of GBP 750. Totals: GBP 966. R 22,230. AUD 1,800. NZD 1,950. CAD 1,600. USD 1,180. EUR 1,090

The group to Sergeant Walmsley, 2nd WYR, sold for a hammer price of GBP 1,600. Total GBP 2,061. R 47,420. AUD 3,850. NZD 4,150. CAD 3,420. USD 2,530. EUR 2,320