SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS
107
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL 1890-97, reverse undated, 1 clasp,
Mashonaland 1890 (Tpr. Jessop, E. B.S.A. Police) edge bruising,
otherwise good very fine and scarce £800-1000
Only 200 medals were issued for Mashonaland 1890, 110 to the B.S.A.
Company Police.
Edwin Jessop was born in about 1868 at Chelmsford Road, Ilford, Essex, and had
served in the Bechuanaland Border Police. He attested for the British South Africa
Company‘s Police on 24 November 1889, served in “B” Troop in the Pioneer
Column of 1890, and was discharged from “C” Troop on 20 October 1891. It is
thought that he then went prospecting. He later found the Thistle-Etna Mine near
Gatooma, but was bought out by Gibb and Mrs Elliott. At one time he farmed
some land in the Hartley District. He was made a freeman of the City of Salisbury
in 1935, at that time being a prominent member of the mining community at
Gatooma as a mining contractor on the Thistle-Etna. Edwin Jessop died at
Gatooma in 1942.
108
CENTRAL AFRICA 1891-98, 1 clasp, Central Africa 1894-98 (72 Pte. Fajala.
B.C.A. Rifles) extremely fine and scarce
£800-1000
109
HONG KONG PLAGUE 1894 (Sergeant-Cook F. Evans, S.L.I.) mounted as worn, good very fine £1000-1200
Francis Evans was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire. A Labourer by occupation and a member of the 2nd Shropshire Rifle Volunteers,
he attested for service with the Shropshire Light Infantry at Shrewsbury on 23 August 1883, aged 18 years, 6 months. He served in the
U.K. during August 1883-December 1886, being promoted to Sergeant in September 1886. Posted to Egypt, December 1886-February
1887, he was appointed Sergeant Master Cook in January 1887. As such, he then served in Malta, February 1887-March 1891 and
Egypt, March-December 1891, before being posted to Hong Kong, December 1891-January 1895. For his services in that colony, he
was awarded the Hong Plague Medal in silver. In addition his name was inscribed on the silver shield presented by the Community of
Hong Kong to the Warrant Officers, Staff Sergeants and Sergeants of the 1st Battalion S.L.I. for services during the plague. Evans married
Alice Heffermann at Malta on 19 September 1888 and by her had two children. His wife was struck off the married establishment for
misconduct on 17 September 1893. Sergeant Master-Cook Evans was discharged on the termination of his first period of service on 22
August 1895 - the Hong Kong Plague Medal was his only medallic award.
With copied service papers.
110
The Defence of Chitral medal to Sepoy Kanh Singh, 14th Sikhs
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Chitral 1895 (2025
Sepoy Kanh Singh, 14 Sikhs) nearly very fine
£1400-1600
Garrison troops present at the defence of Chitral Fort: silver medals to 14 Sikhs
(88); 4 Kashmir Rifles (300); Punyal and Gilgit Levies (100); bronze medals to
camp followers (40).
Captain Townshend, in his report on the siege, wrote:
"The spirit of the 14th Sikhs was our admiration; the longer the siege lasted the
more eager they became to teach the enemy a lesson. There could not be finer
soldiers than these men of the 14th Sikhs and they were our sheet anchor in the
siege."
Younghusband, in his book Relief of Chitral, wrote:
"It was the discipline ingrained into these men that saved the garrison. As long as a Sikh was on sentry, while Sikhs were holding a
threatened point, Captain Townshend had nothing to fear. The enemy would never catch a Sikh off his guard and could never force
their way through a post of Sikhs while one remained alive. They saved the garrison and the officers gratefully acknowledged their
service."
In recognition of the gallant and successful defence of the fort at Chitral, His Excellency The Viceroy sanctioned a grant of six months'
pay to all ranks, while Lieutenant Harley was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and appointed brevet major. Subadar Gurmukh
Singh was appointed to the Order of British India and Jemadar Attar Singh and seven men were awarded the Indian Order of Merit for
gallantry.
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