County: Worcestershire
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: Bef. 21/09/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold pendant & chain, suitably inscribed, to:
Pendant (in shield form) inscribed: "Bushley Village Club. Presented to George Creese on his return from South Africa, Aug. 1901".
Trooper Creese also received a gold watch from relatives, inscribed: "Presented to George Creese by his relatives on his return from service in the Boer War, August, 1901".
PRESENTATION.
At a meeting in the Bushley village club room a gold chain and pendant were presented to their fellow member, Trooper George CREESE, as a memento of his services in South Africa. Trooper CREESE, who served with the Glamorgan Yeomanry, took no part in the great battles of the war excepting the fight which led to the surrender of Prinsloo, but was kept fully employed in guarding convoys and was subjected to continual sniping. He, however, was lucky enough to escape both bullet and fever. The chain, which is a very heavy handsome one, bears on the shield attached, “Bushley Village Club. Presented to George Creese on his return from South Africa, Aug. 1901”, and was presented by the President, the Rev. E.R. Dowdeswell, who expressed the great pleasure it gave them all to see Mr CREESE returned in safety, after being exposed to so many dangers and hardships, and hoped that he might live many happy and prosperous years among them. – On the same evening Mr CREESE was presented with a gold keyless watch, as companion to the chain, bearing the inscription, “Presented to George Creese by his relatives on his return from service in the Boer War, August, 1901”. This took place at Rose Hill Farm, the residence of his father, Mr John Creese, by whom the presentation was made, on behalf of the donors, many of whom were present, as was also the Rev. E.R. Dowdeswell.
