County: Lancashire
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 14/09/1901
Number issued: 3
Gold medals, to:
Head Quarter Staff, Natal Field Force –
Colonel William CANSFIELD, Lord GERARD
32nd (Lancashire) Company, 2nd Bn. Imperial Yeomanry –
Lieutenant Ernest Sinclair PILKINGTON
Veterinary-Lieutenant William Goodchild DIXON
Presentation made at Moss Bank (H.Q. of "B" St Helens Troop, Lancashire Hussars).
Obverse with badge of the Lancashire Hussars (a red rose), and: "LANC'S HUSSARS".
Reverse: "SOUTH AFRICAN WAR / 1899-1901 / PRESENTED TO / LIEUT E.S. PELKINGTON [sic] / 32ND CO / IMPERIAL YEOMANRY".
Unusually, the inscription does not include the name of the presenting town. This is also true of the watches that were given to St Helens N.C.O’s and men.
Lord Gerard received a second medal from Ashton-in-Makerfield.
Pilkington example in the Constantine Collection.
Wigan Observer, 18/09/1901
Constantine Collection
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Wigan Observer, 18th September 1901
WATCHES FOR ST HELENS YEOMEN.
PRESENTATION BY LORD GERARD.
There was a large gathering on Saturday at Moss Bank, the headquarters of the St Helens B Troop of the Lancashire Hussars, when the twenty-five men who served in South Africa with the 32nd Company of the Imperial Yeomanry were presented with silver English lever (Prescott) watches. The presentation was made by Colonel LORD GERARD, commanding officer, who was accompanied by a large number of officers and gentry. LORD GERARD, and the officers who served with the company, Lieut. PILKINGTON and Veterinary-Surgeon DIXON, were also the recipients of handsome gold medals. The recipients of the watches were Sergeant EDDLESTON, Sergeant PORTER, Corporal PENDLEBURY, Corporal SUMNER, Privates BYRON, CAMPBELL, CULLEN, DANCER, DENNETT, EDEN, Joseph FAIRCLOUGH, LITTLER, SWIRE, BEESLEY, GREEN, GREGSON, HODSON, MARSH, MIDDLEHURST, PICKERVANCE, REES, ROBERTS, SEPHTON, SHERLOCK, and SWIFT. Mrs Fairclough, of Peasley Cross, was also presented with a watch in memory of her son John, who was killed at Kheis. The presentation and the necessary subscription were arranged with much care by a local committee.
