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QSA (2) Modder River, Wittebergen (3507 Pte J Hopkins 1: High: Lt Infy);
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QSA verified on WO100/202p49. KSA (2) on 342p188

The group to Major Blair sold for a hammer price of GBP 1,600. Totals: GBP 2,061. R 47,290. AUD 3,750. NZD 4,030. CAD 3,330. USD 2,450. EUR 2,280

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QSA (1) Modder River (3581 Pte. G. Pirrie, 1: High: Lt. Inft.) traces of having sometime been held in a circular mount; attempt to scratch out second ‘r’ of surname

G. Pirie served during the Boer War with the 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, and was wounded in action at Magerfontein on 11 December 1899 when the 3rd (Highland) Infantry Brigade were decimated. Pinned down without cover under a hail of mauser bullets and enemy artillery fire, the British suffered 205 killed and 690 wounded, the carnage only ending upon a truce suggested by General Cronje to allow the casualties to be removed from the battlefield. The action resulted in Corporal John F. D. Shaul of the Highland Light Infantry being awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous gallantry as a stretcher bearer.

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IGS 1854 (1) Perak (Sub. Lieut. A. W. Hast. 80th. Foot.);
SAGS (1) 1878-9 (Lieut. A. W. Hast. 80th. Foot.)

Arthur Wellesley Hast was born in Southampton in 1854 and was educated at Southampton College. He was mentioned in the Hampshire Advertiser of 20 June 1874 when successfully obtaining the 49th place for a direct commission into the British Army, and was appointed Sub-Lieutenant in the 80th Regiment of Foot. He was promoted Lieutenant on 28 February 1874, Captain on 1 April 1881, and Major on 27 January 1885. According to Hart’s Army List:

‘Major Hast served with a detachment of the 80th Regiment in the Perak Expedition in 1876. Trained, equipped and commanded a mule battery of 7-pounders on the Zulu border in 1878, for which he received the thanks of his Excellency Lieut. General Lord Chelmsford. Served throughout the left attack against Sekukuni, and had charge of two 6-pounder guns in the Column under Colonel Rowlands on the Swazi border in 1879, and during the invasion of Zululand and the engagement at Ulundi.’

Transferring to the 2nd South Staffordshire Regimental depot in August 1888, Hast retired from the Army in November 1890.

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IGS 1854 (1) Perak (Lieut. S. W. Cameron. 80th. Foot.);
SAGS (1) 1878 (Lieut: S. W. Cameron. 80th. Foot.)

Saumarez William Cameron was born in 1850 and attested for the 80th Regiment of Foot in 1872. Appointed Sub-Lieutenant in the London Gazette of 16 January 1872, and Lieutenant on 17 January 1874, he is recorded in Hart’s Army List as serving with a detachment of the 80th Regiment in the Perak Expedition of 1875-76. Cameron later served in the Kaffir War of 1878, including operations against Sekukuni, and was raised Captain on 2 February 1881. He took his retirement from the Staffordshire Volunteers in September 1887.