Medals and awards

Silver badges, to:

 

Captain [Lieutenant-Colonel] W. DIVER

Lieutenant B.M. HUGHES

Lieutenant B.H.L. PRIOR

5419 Sergeant John FOWLER

5593 Sergeant Edward HORSFIELD

5389 Sergeant H. LAMBERT (absent - not on Eastern Daily Express list)

5445 Sergeant William Albert LANSDELL

5475 Sergeant Sydney John OWLES [H. Owles]

5390 Corporal George DEWING

5420 Corporal [Sergeant] Frederick Edward SOWELS [Sewells]

5597 Lance-Corporal W.J. CHURCHILL

5458 Lance-Corporal [Corporal] Charles Arthur William CRANNESS

5435 Lance-Corporal Stanley Arthur HOWARD

5503 Lance-Corporal William KNIGHTS

5595 Lance-Corporal [Corporal] A. PEARSE

5414 Lance-Corporal Walter Harry RUTTER

5442 Bugler Edward James WHITING

5448 Private George William ASHFIELD

5408 Private Charles Ernest AYRE

5402 Private [Lance-Corporal] Thomas Cubitt BALDWIN

5469 Private A. BALLS

5500 Private Thomas Arthur BEECHING

5472 Private Ernest BEVERLEY

5410 Private James Rufus BLOOMFIELD

5521 Private Herbert BRYANT

5473 Private Herbert BUNTING

5406 Private Wesley CURSON (Carson)

???? Private CLARKE (5463 Pte G. Clarke or 5601 Pte T. Clarke)

5457 Private Percy George CLAXTON

5460 Private Charles COE

5596 Private Corbett Kendle COOKE

5440 Private H.S. CREASEY

5605 Private Charles Henry DADE

5598 Private Russell DIX

5602 Private Ernest DOWNING

5397 Private James Ernest FISHER

5412 Private John David FRANKS

5483 Private Leonard Harper FRENCH

5490 Private Percy Barker FRERE

5437 Private Harry Sidney FULLER

5438 Private [Lance-Corporal] Joseph Larkman GUNN

5610 Private L. HADDINGTON

5413 Private J. HAWES

5462 Private Walter Frederick HOWLETT (absent – presented on 08/09/1901; see below)

5436 Private Ernest William HUGGINS

5491 Private W. HUTCHISON [Hutchinson]

5404 Private Ernest Edward JESSUP

5451 Private Horace George JOHNSON

5470 Private Arthur Edward KNIGHT

5454 Private Walter LARGE

5603 Private F. LOAN

5431 Private Samuel Stephen MARSHAM

5429 Private Arthur MEEK

5409 Private Albert George MELTON [Milton]

5450 Private John MOBBS

5395 Private Charles MOORE

5430 Private Robert Ellington MOSS

5480 Private Arthur John NICHOLLS

5502 Private Oswald James Richard OLLEY

5427 Private John Joseph PAPPS

5396 Private Frank POLL

5600 Private Walter Oscar READ [Reed]

5464 Private Walter Herbert RIX

5425 Private Frank Reynolds ROE

5507 Private Alma Ernest ROLL

5423 Private G.R. SAVORY

5612 Private John SKIPPER

5399 Private William SKOYLES

5456 Private William Aaron SMITH

5424 Private William George STANTON

5499 Private Percy TILLEY

5493 Private Herbert Benjamin TYRRELL

5489 Private William Hastings VEALE

5400 Private Edgar Charles WATSON

5495 Private Frank WEEKS [Weekes]

5481 Private Richard WOODEN

Presentation made by the Mayoress, on a platform erected in the Market Place, Norwich.

 

Captain J.R. HARVEY

Captain G.C. BUXTON

6721 Colour-Sergeant [Sergeant-Major] Thomas MANTLE

6725 Sergeant Robert Wrench WOOD

6765 Sergeant William VINCENT

6815 Farrier-Sergeant Albert Arthur LOW

6731 Corporal A.E.A. BECK

6778 Corporal Frederick George CHAMBERLIN [Chamberlain]

6748 Corporal Samuel Hewitt Robert KIDMAN

6758 Corporal G. REEVE

6760 Corporal W.E. SEELEY

6813 Trooper Harry Reginald ALDISS

6771 Trooper William ATKINS

6777 Shoeing-Smith [Trooper] Harcourt CALVER

6775 Trooper Cecil Thomas CARMAN

6782 Trooper William Logan COLLS

6737 Trooper William FINCH

6794 Trooper John Philip GREEN

6742 Trooper Henry HALDINSTEIN [Haldenstein]

6797 Trooper Vincent Robertson HOARE

6745 Trooper Hugh Dalton HUNTER [H.W. Hunter]

6799 Trooper R. KAY

6750 Trooper George K. MILLARD

6833 Trooper Henry Briggs MORRIS

6751 Trooper F.W. MYHILL

6817 Saddler [Trooper] C. NOOTH

6762 Trooper Harry SHOWELL [C. Showell]

6763 Trooper Patrick SMITH

6836 Trooper Charles Frederick Chevalier STEWARD

6764 Trooper William King THORPE

6842 Sergeant W. PEPPERELL

6945 Bugler H.H. De BOLTZ

6848 Corporal [Trooper] Saville S. BARNARD

6907 [6807] Corporal [Trooper] Frank Oliver EDWARDS

6856 Lance-Corporal [Trooper] William Thomas CUBITT

6939 Trooper Charles William ARCHDALE

6862 Trooper S.E. COLLS

6940 Trooper J. FAIRWEATHER

6869 Trooper Arthur FLAXMAN

6876 Trooper Henry John GLADDEN

6878 Trooper Lewis GOODWYN

6888 Trooper Frederick George HOOD

6885 Trooper Arthur HURST

6846 Trooper E. LAKE

6913 Trooper Arnold PRESS

6938 Trooper Charles Bishop WALKER

???? Trooper[?] E.J. PARKER

 

5594 Corporal B.G ANGELL

???? Corporal GREEN

5486 Lance-Corporal [Private] Ernest Edward MOORE

5485 Bugler [Private] William VINCE

5474 Private Richard Henry BALE

5468 Private George Alfred BALLS

5453 Private F.W. BARKER

5498 Private Charles BRETT

5501 Private George Nobbs CARR

5439 Private Herbert James COLLINS

5609 Private Herbert ELLIS

5467 Private Samuel John HANTON

5436 Private Ernest William HUGGINS

5494 Private S. KEMP

5466 Private Henry Benjamin LEECH

5434 Private Frank MANN

5484 Private Thomas William NICHOLLS

5452 Private Walter Albert RUSH

5443 Private Frederick William TALBOT

5421 Private J.W. TAYLOR

Reports state that only members of the Imperial Yeomanry received badges on 12/08/1901. These Volunteers may have received theirs at a separate ceremony.

 

Presumably Howlett had been unable to attend the ceremony held in the Market Place, Norwich, on 16/05/1901.

 

Captain A.W.M. ATTHILL

Lieutenant BARTON

2039 Colour-Sergeant-Instructor Herbert HINDRY

6798 Sergeant A.G FLEMINGHAM

6792 Sergeant H. NELSON

6782 Sergeant Harry STREET

6772 Sergeant Charles Thomas WARNES

6850 Corporal H. BANNER

6799 Corporal H.E. CASTLETON

6822 Corporal W. DYER

6838 Corporal Alan Quartly WATSON

6827 Lance-Corporal R. BALDRY

6821 Lance-Corporal R.S. FIELD

6816 Lance-Corporal A.J. FORDER (died, Pretoria, 03/05/1901 - did his family receive a badge?)

6851 Lance-Corporal John Frederick SKOYLES

6763 Lance-Corporal A.G. SEAMAN

6760 Bugler Herbert Frederick BARTRAM (invalided 30/07/1901)

6863 Private G. ARTHERTON

6843 Private E. BAILEY

6829 Private H.A. BALDWIN

6771 Private W.H. BASSENDINE

6830 Private W.G. BEATON

6823 Private W. BECKETT

6859 Private Charles James BERRY

6774 Private F. BUNNING

6826 Private R. BLAKE

6792 Private Frank BUCK

6764 Private W. CHILVERS

6811 Private T.G. CHRISTIE

6776 Private W.C. COOPER

6788 Private Leslie COTTON

6848 Private F. COE

6831 Private H.G. CRASKE

6786 Private A. CROOK

6796 Private W. CROSS

6840 Private C.G. CUBITT [Culutt]

6810 Private A.J. FELMINGHAM

6768 Private G.J. FRANCIS (died, Johannesburg, 05/04/1902 - did his family receive a badge?)

6821 Privare F.R. GARROD

6806 Private C.J.E. GILES

6773 Private R.G. GIRDLESTONE

6857 Private William Stephen GRIMES [Greeves]

6855 Private E.E. HART

6809 Private H.E. HASTINGS (absent - serving with Cape Police)

6791 Private E. HAZELWOOD

6777 Private Robert Edward HEARN [Hearne]

6842 Private F.J. HENNION (absent - serving with Kitchener's Fighting Scouts)

6854 Private T.H. HIPKIN

6802 Private W.S. HOLLAND

6828 Private J.S. HORNE

6769 Private J. HOWARD

6766 Private R.J. HOWARD (not on Eastern Daily Press list)

6825 Private W. HOWES (not on Eastern Daily Press list)

6758 Private E.J. HUDSON

6832 Private R. HUDSON (not on Eastern Daily Press list)

6754 Private A. HUGGINS

6767 Private Edward William HUGGINS (not on Eastern Daily Press list)

6753 Private E. HUNT

6817 Private A. INGATE

6862 Private R.S. JUNIPER

6790 Private E.A. KEMP

6866 Private Harry KINDER (absent - hospital, S. Africa)

6813 Private George KING

6765 Private William KING (not on Eastern Daily Press list)

6856 Private E.E. KIMM

6835 Private Arthur C. LAMBERT

6787 Private William Herbert LANSDELL

6853 Private T. LARGE

6781 Private Ezekiel LARTER (invalided 12/09/1901)

6794 Private William Charles LEACH

6864 Private Edward LOOSE

6847 Private W. LUBBOCK

6849 Private Thomas MACK

6836 Private F. MANN

6814 Private Charles Frederick MANTRIPPE

6789 Private G. MOORE (died, Pinetown Bridge, 02/01/1902 - did his family receive a badge?)

6775 Private Ambrose Robert MYALL

6779 Private H. NICHOLLS (died, Klerksdorp, 09/12/1901 - did his family receive a badge?)

6834 Private Robert NUNN

6780 Private Thomas NUNN

6815 Private Allden Edward OWLES

6844 Private William PAWLEY (not on Eastern Daily Press list)

6846 Private J. PEELING [Beeling]

6812 Private Hugh Augustus PLAYFORD

6804 Private Percy Octavous POOLEY

6833 Private John REEVE

6839 Private J.T. RIPPER (not on Eastern Daily Press list)

6805 Private William James ROWE

6801 Private Edward Briggs SAVIDGE [Savage]

6808 Private A.G. SELF

6778 Private Clare SMITH

6819 Private William SMITH

6797 Private Albert George SMITHDALE

6861 Private Geiorge SPELLS (not on Eastern Daily Press list)

6756 Private John Ouseley STANNARD

6785 Private Herbert Fisher STEARNE

6784 Private George SUCKLING

6793 Private Charles Robert TOLVER (invalided)

6795 Private Frederick George TURNER

6761 Private Henry TUTTLE

6770 Private Henry WALKER

6824 Private George Frederick WEAVERS

6858 Private George Walter WEBB

6803 Private Joseph WHALE

6807 Private R.J. WHYARD

6841 Private George William WILLIAMSON

6783 Private William Edward WILSON

6860 Private Claud Rands WRIGHT

6757 Private WHITE (invalided 29/08/1901)

 

Presentation made by the Mayoress, at Norwich Barracks.

 

Lieutenant H. DIVER

Lieutenant J.H. HOTSON

985 Sergeant-Instructor Henry CADMAN

6875 Sergeant Arnold Eugene MASS

6869 Corporal Herbert Harry ROGERS

6877 Corporal William W. UPCRAFT

6873 Bugler John Samuel BAGGE

6874 Private George ABSOLON

6909 Private Herbert Edward ALDERTON

6916 Private Miles ASHBY

6925 Private W. BUNN

6926 Private M. BUTCHER

6892 Private James BURTON

6927 Private S.A. BRUNDLE

6880 Private Samuel BANKS

6912 Private Frank BRITTAIN

6917 Private Samuel George BARNABY

6918 Private Edgar Arthur BLAKE

6870 Private Archibald Isaac CLARKE

6884 Private Charles COOK

6895 Private Michael CANTY

6913 Private A. CROWE

6919 Private William Austin CHANDLER

6920 Private George Edward CULLUM

6921 Private Herbert John DENNIS

6896 Private Ernest DAVISON

6903 Private G. DAY

6910 Private Charles Henry DADE (second tour of duty)

6900 Private Edward ENGLISH

6883 Private Sheridan Selby FAIRHEAD

6878 Private S.L. GLANFIELD

6885 Private Ernest GREEN

6876 Private Arthur James GOLDSMITH

6898 Private A. HOLMES

6914 Private T. HILL

6899 Private E. LARGE

6902 Private George Henry LUSHER

6923 Private John Edward LAY

6868 Private Jabez MOORE

6886 Private B. MOUNTAIN

6915 Private Edmund MACE

6882 Private Robert George NEWSON

6905 Private Herbert NORTON

6871 Private William PYLE

6904 Private J.W. PULL

6922 Private James RISEBOROUGH

6911 Private Ernest Charles RUMBELOW

6872 Private Charles Edward SHARMAN

6894 Private R. SPALDING

6924 Private J. SPALDING

6906 Private R. THOMPSON

6908 Private Ernest TWIDDY

6887 Private Frank VARVEL [Varvell]

6888 Private Edward WARD

6889 Private George WOODCOCK

6897 Private Frederick WILTON [Walton]

6907 Private Pymer WHYBRO

Presentation made at Norwich Barracks

 

1ST SERVICE COMPANY MEDALS NAMED; REMAINDER UNNAMED

Obverse with the civic arms and motto of Norwich: "PRESENTED BY MAYOR AND CITIZENS OF NORWICH".

The Norfolk News (11/05/1901) states: "There are no less than 280 Norfolk volunteers who have gone out to South Africa during the war. Of these, seven have died, leaving 273 who are now in South Africa, or who have returned, or who will return; and there is a general desire to present each one of them with a badge, to mark the part they have taken in the campaign". This suggests a total of 273 badges were presented (excluding the 3rd V.A.S.C., who had not yet sailed). The presentations reported in the press account for 248 of the 273, leaving a balance of 25.

 

 

 

Private T. Holden example sold through Dix Noonan Webb, 06/07/2004, for £210. Engraved: "Pte T. Holden, 5611".

Two unnamed examples sold through St James's Auctions, 18/06/2008, for £180.

Private E.C. Rush example sold through Baldwin's, 27/11/2017 (unnamed; with QSA).

Private E. Ingate example sold through Dix Noonan Webb, 21/07/2021. Engraved "PTE / E. INGATE / 5606".

Private C. Pert example sold through Trevanion & Dean Auctioneers, 16/09/2017, for £260. Engraved "PTE / C. PERT / 5401".

Private A. Nockels example sold through eBay, 21/01/2022, for £422.50. Engraved: "PTE. / A. NOCKLES / 5393".

Private F.E. Crick example held in the collection of the Royal Norfolk Regiment Museum.

Unnamed example sold through eBay, 07/02/2023, for £426.

Named example

 

 

 

St James's Auctions, 18/06/2008 (lot 925)

 

 

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Eastern Evening News, 14th may 1901

 

THE RETURN OF OUR VOLUNTEERS.

THE SILVER BADGES.

On the arrival of the Norfolk Volunteer Service Company in the city on Friday, the proceedings in the Market Place will include the presentation of silver medals by the Mayoress to each member of the Company. These badges are of oval form, surrounded by a wreath of laurel. In the centre is a shield of ancient form, upon which are placed the arms of the city, the civic cap being shown above, while upon the ribbon around the shield are the words: – “Presented by the Mayor and Citizens of Norwich”. On the reverse of the badge the following inscription is given: –

1899-1901.

The badge is suspended from a ribbon of the national colours – red, white, and blue – with a silver buckle at the top to attach it to the coat. They have been made by Messrs T. & J. Bragg, Vittoria Street, Birmingham, and are very pretty. Immediately after the presentation the men will go to the Cathedral, where the Dean will conduct a short thanksgiving service, and from the Cathedral they will proceed to the Britannia Barracks, where they will deposit their equipment. In the evening they will be entertained at dinner by the Mayor.

 

 

Norwich Mercury, 17th August 1901 (presentation to Suffok I.Y. - possibly Bury St Edmunds badges)

 

 

Eastern Daily Press, 28th May 1902

 

AT THE BARRACKS.

The ground at the Britannia Barracks was kept by the non-commissioned officers and men of the Depot. Major Dods was in command, and there were also present Lieutenant Fellowes, Mr and Mrs Stafford Jerningham, Mrs and Miss Dawson Paul, Mr Breeds, Mr J. Moore, the Rev. T. Stone, &c. Shortly before seven o’clock the general public began to pour into the Barrack Square, and were followed at 7.5 by the returning company, who marched in to the tune of “Rule Britannia”, amid cheers of the large crowd who had by that time assembled. When they were drawn up they were briefly addressed by the Mayor, who said he was very pleased to see them back again. He believed they had been fighting in a very great battle, and fighting very well. He believed that as a result of their labours, and the labours of others, we were very shortly going to hear that peace had been proclaimed, and that victory remained on the British side. He was exceedingly glad to welcome them back safe and sound, and one and all recognised that what they had had to do in South Africa they had done well. (Cheers).

The Mayoress then distributed the medals, and at the conclusion of the ceremony Colonel Shepherd called for three cheers for her. He said it was very kind of Mrs Colman to come up there to present the medals, and it was equally kind of the Mayor to come there to welcome them on behalf of the city of Norwich. (Cheers).