1900, Caesar's Camp
PITTS, J, Private, served in the South African War of 1899-1902, and was awarded the Victoria Cross [London Gazette, 26 July 1901]: "J Pitts, Private, 1st Battalion The Manchester Regiment. Private R Scott and Private J Pitts. During the attack on Caesar's Camp, in Natal, on the 6th January 1900, these two men occupied a sangar, on the left of which all our men had been shot down and their positions occupied by Boers, and held their post for fifteen hours without food or water, all the time under an extremely heavy fire, keeping up their fire and a smart look-out, though the Boers occupied some sangars on their immediate left rear. Private Scott was wounded". Private Pitts became a Lance-Corporal, Army Reserve.
