County: Cornwall
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 09/08/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold chain & Maltese cross pendant, to:
Presentation made by Mr A. Chenhalls, in the boardroom of the Cape Cornwall School, St Just in Penwith.
Inscribed: "Presented by St Just to Squadron-Sergeant-Major Millett of the 30th Imperial Yeomanry, for volunteer service in South Africa, 1900 - 1901".
PRESENTATION TO SERGEANT-MAJOR MILLETT.
The whole of the money collected from the public for the home coming of Bosavern, not having been expended on the festivities on that occasion, it had been determined by the committee that the remainder should be laid out in the purchase of some suitable article which should, at the proper time, be presented to him as a memento of the occasion. Accordingly, on Friday evening the following members of the committee, Mr A. Chenhalls, J.P., Major Richard Thomas, Messrs James Richards, Pascoe Grenfell, Henry Olds, Peter Olds, Edwin Trembath, Jno. Perrow, Wm. Merrifield and Willie Thomas, secretary, assembled in the board-room at the Cape Cornwall school for the purpose of the presentation. Mr Alfred Chenhalls was called to the chair. Letters from the Vicar, Rev. T. Taylor, Dr Nesbett, and others of the committee were read expressive of regret at their not being able because of other engagements to attend the meeting.
Mr Chenhalls said he had more than a pleasant duty to perform. It was an inspiration. It had astonished him to see young men, young gentlemen, during the unhappy South African war, offer themselves on the alter of sacrifice on behalf of their country in the time of their country’s need, and was proof that the valour of the Spartan mother who as she delivered his shield to her son, charged him to bring it home with honour, or be borne home on it, had not left this earth. Mr Chenhalls expressed the pleasure it gave him to hand to Sergeant-Major MILLETT a gold chain, with Maltese Cross pendant. The presentation bore the following inscription: “Presented by St Just to Squadron-Sergeant-Major Millett of the 30th Imperial Yeomanry, for volunteer service in South Africa, 1900-1901”.
The presentation was feelingly acknowledged by the gallant Yeoman, who said it was just possible that he might be returning to South Africa again in a short time.
