County: Derbyshire
Issued on: Return
Dates of presentations: 28/06/1902, 12/09/1902
Number issued: 18
Gold-centred silver medals, to:
28/06/1902 presentation
1st Volunteer Active Service Company, Derbyshire Regiment ["B" Chapel-en-le-Frith Company, 2nd V.B.D.R.] –
7618 Private Samuel NEWTON
7604 Private John Henry KIRKHAM
1st Volunteer Active Service Company, Derbyshire Regiment ["H" Whaley Bridge Company, 2nd V.B.D.R.] –
7605 Private John WOOD
2nd Volunteer Active Service Company, Derbyshire Regiment ["H" Whaley Bridge Company, 2nd V.B.D.R.] –
7494 Private Arthur MORTON [Morten]
1st Bn. Derbyshire Regiment –
2200 Drummer [Corporal] Alfred SHAW
810 Private Samuel OAKLEY
1st Bn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment –
4451 Private William SHELDON
3rd Bn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment –
6281 Private Benjamin ARNFIELD
4th Bn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment –
6845 Corporal [Sergeant] Frank MOWER
5th Bn. Manchester Regiment –
7452 Corporal Joseph HEWITT
7694 Private J. DYER
7126 Private J. ROGERS [Rodgers]
Royal Field Artillery –
???? Private Richard JONES (absent - see 12/09/1902 presentation below)
1st Bn. Welsh Fusiliers –
2309 Private Joseph LEADBETTER [Job Leadbetter]
4th Bn. Cheshire Regiment –
4487 Private Samuel SHELDON (died, Springfontein, 10/03/1901 - medal presented to his father)
St John Ambulance Brigade –
???? Private J. NEWTON
2nd Bn. Somerset Light Infantry –
2418 Private William CODY [Coady] (K.I.A., Colenso, 21/02/1900 - medal presented to his widow)
Unknown Regiment –
???? Private J. BUNTING
Presentations made by Lieutenant Pollitt, in the Town Hall Square, New Mills.
12/09/1902 presentation
Royal Field Artillery –
???? Private Richard JONES
Presentation made at the Swan Hotel, New Mills.
Obverse with recipient’s monogram: "JL".
Reverse: "PRESENTED TO / [PTE J. LEADBETTER.] / ON HIS RETURN FROM / SOUTH AFRICA / BY THE PUBLIC OF / NEW MILLS / JUNE 28/02".
Specially engraved medals were presented to the father of Private Samuel SHELDON, 4th Bn. Cheshire Regiment (died of enteric), and the widow of Private William CODY (K.I.A.).
Joseph Leadbetter example sold through Dix Noonan Webb, 18/05/2016, for £1,800.
Samuel Newton example in the Paul Dunn Collection.
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Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 30th June 1902
RETURN OF VOLUNTEERS.
Presentation at New Mills.
There was a big gathering, numbering thousands, in the Town Hall Square, New Mills, on Saturday evening, when there was a public presentation of beautiful gold and silver medals, subscribed for by the inhabitants of the district, to those New Mills reservists and volunteers who have served their country in South Africa during the Boer War. The members of the New Mills detachment were present, in charge of Lieut. Pollitt. In the absence of Mr J. Cochrane, chairman of the District Council, Councillor Scattergood presided.
Lieut. Pollitt said he felt it an honour to have been asked to present those handsome medals to their heroes. The men from New Mills had acquitted themselves creditably whilst on the battlefield, and not one of them had ever been guilty of a breach of discipline. (Hear, hear). He then presented medals to the following: – Sergeant Frank MOWER, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment; Corporal Alfred SHAW, 1st Derbyshires; Corporal Joseph HEWITT, 5th Manchesters; Private William SHELDON and Private Benjamin ARNFIELD, King’s Own Royal Lancasters; Private Richard JONES, Royal Field Artillery; Private Joseph LEADBETTER, 1st Welsh Fusiliers; Private J. RODGERS, Private J. DYER, 5th Manchesters; Private Samuel NEWTON and Private J. KIRKHAM, New Mills Detachment of B Company (Chapel-en-le-Frith), Sherwood Foresters, Derbyshire Regiment; Private J. WOOD and Private T. MORTEN, H Company (Whaley Bridge), Sherwood Foresters, Derbyshire Regiment; Private Samuel OAKLEY, Derbyshire Regiment; Private J. BUNTING, North Lancasters; and Private F. NEWTON, St John Ambulance Corps. A melancholy feature of the function was the presentation of specially engraved medals to the father of Private Samuel SHELDON, of the Cheshire Regiment, who succumbed to enteric in South Africa, and to the widow (who was unable to be present) of Private William CODY, who was killed in active service. The medals belonging to those still in South Africa were handed to their representatives. Several of the recipients responded, and were loudly cheered. At the close of the proceedings the band played “God Save the King”.
Sheffield Independent, 15th September 1902
WELCOME TO A RETURNED SOLDIER AT NEW MILLS.
On Friday evening, Private Richard JONES, of New Mills, who has gone through the South African war, was entertained at a gathering held at the Swan Hotel, and was presented with a gold and silver medal, subscribed for by the public.
