CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
568
Four: Corporal J. J. Baird, Royal Engineers
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa
1902 (No.8379 Sapper J. J. Baird, R.E.) this renamed, suspension refitted; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (161 Cpl., R.E.);
TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, G.V.R. (161 Cpl., Durham (FTS) R.E.) edge bruising, contact marks, about very fine (4)
£70-90
Corporal John James Baird, Durham (Fortress) Royal Engineers, was awarded the T.F.E.M. by Army Order 185 of 1911. He entered the
France/Flanders theatre of war on 18 September 1915. Additionally entitled to the 1914-15 Star and Silver War Badge. Q.S.A. not
confirmed. With copied m.i.c.
569
Three: Serjeant F. E. Boardman, Army Service Corps, late Imperial Yeomanry
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa
1902 (24063 Tpr., 106th Coy. Imp. Yeo.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (M-346321 Sjt., A.S.C.) mounted as worn, first
with edge bruise, good very fine (3) £120-160
Served in the 106th (Staffordshire) Company Imperial Yeomanry during the Boer War.
570
Pair: Private G. Chapman, Royal Fusiliers
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State,
Transvaal (1951 Pte. G. Chapman, 2nd Royal Fus.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South
Africa 1901 (1951 Pte. G. Chapman, Rl. Fusiliers), mounted as worn, the first with tightened suspension claw, contact
marks and polished, fine or better (2) £160-180
571
Pair: Corporal R. Valpy, 18th Hussars
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4497
Corpl. R. Valpy, 18th Hussars); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4497 Corpl.
R. Valpy, 18th Hussars), generally good very fine (2) £500-600
Sold with the recipient’s original Boer War period pocket diary, entries largely comprising poems and verses, but also several pages
dedicated to Talana and other operations leading up to the siege of Ladysmith (September to October 1899), including nominal rolls,
from which the following entry for 20 October has been taken:
‘At 5 a.m. the enemy shells began falling into camp. All had to clear out, marched in a southerly direction. My Troop narrowly escaped
a bursting shell in a nullah, and charged 30 Boers whom we captured. Afterwards when in the rear of Rifles M.I., we were rushed by
300 Boers and had to retire 800 yards in rear and successfully held ridge. Corporal Franklin shot through the neck and carried him in
12 miles. Mr. McLaghlin shot though the leg, also came with us.’
And by way of confirming his part in Franklin’s rescue, the front cover and one page of the pocket diary are stained with his blood -
Valpy’s accompanying inscriptions refer. Both McLaghlin and Franklin appear to have survived, though the former’s wounds were
described as ‘severe’ and the latter’s as ‘dangerous’.
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