SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS
122
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3811 Pte. G. F.
Brown, 1st Bn. Gord. Highrs.) good very fine £450-550
George Frederick Brown was born in Mile End, London, c.1875. A Labourer by occupation and a member of the 3rd Battalion Royal
Fusiliers (Militia), he attested for the Gordon Highlanders at Hounslow on 1 April 1891, aged 18 years. With reinforcements for the 1st
Battalion he was posted to India on 27 January 1893, sailing aboard H.M.S. Crocodile. In India he served as part of the Chitral Relief
Force and thence the Malakand Field Force and Tirah Expeditionary Force. With the latter he fought at the battle of Dargai, 20 October
1897. The Gordons finally took the enemy position on the Dargai Heights, following on from a previous attempt by the 2nd Gurkhas,
1st Dorsets and 2nd Derbyshires. In the action Private Brown was dangerously wounded, suffering a gunshot wound to the left
shoulder. In the action, the Gordons suffered one officer and three other ranks killed and six officers and 35 men wounded. As a result
of his wound Brown was invalided to England and was discharged on 21 June 1898. With copied service papers.
123
QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (2494 Pte. R. Anderson, 1/Northd. Fus:) good very fine £200-250
124
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (5265 Pte. C. J. Slaven, A. and S. Highrs.) official correction to unit, good very
fine £40-60
125
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (120 Pte. E. Banwell, Beaufort W.T.G.) good very fine £60-80
126
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (210 Pte. H. Tessendorf, K.W.T.T.G.) good very fine £60-80
329 Q.S.A. medals awarded to the King William’s Town Town Guard.
127
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (240 Pte. C. Witthuhn, Queenstown T.G.) good very fine £60-80
331 Q.S.A. medals awarded to the Queenstown Town Guard.
128
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (292 Pte. W. F. Slade, Uitenhage T.G.) good very fine £50-70
893 Q.S.A. medals awarded to the Uitenhage Town Guard.
129
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (236 Cpl. G. R. Palmer, Stutterheim D.M.T.) good very fine £60-80
130
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (207 Pte. W. Mason, Tasmanian I.B.) suspension re-pinned, good
very fine £350-400
A total of 253 medals were awarded to the 4/2 Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen.
131
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (6962 Pte. W. Simmons, Rl. Warwick: Regt.) suspension
tightened at claw, otherwise good very fine £60-80
132
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (Corpl. M. Hussey, Kimberley Town Gd.) nearly
extremely fine £160-200
133
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (25723 Cpl. E. J. Hunt, R.E.) edge bruise to reverse,
otherwise nearly extremely fine £600-800
Corporal E. J. Hunt, Royal Engineers, was killed in action at Wagon Hill, Ladysmith on 6 January 1900 - the same action for which
Lieutenant Digby-Jones, R.E. was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
On 5 January 1900 Lieutenant R. J. T. Digby-Jones, R.E. was placed in charge of a detachment of Engineers and others tasked with the
emplacement of several artillery pieces on Wagon Hill to the south of Ladysmith. In the early morning of the 6th, the position on
Wagon Hill was attacked by Boer forces but was beaten off. The Royal Engineers Journal of 2 November 1903 then takes up the story:
‘It appears that, about mid-day, the attack was renewed. A small party of Boers suddenly appeared within a few yards of the men on
the outer crest, about 15 yards from the 4.7” emplacement, evidently having ascended unperceived from the lower part of the outer
slope. After a few rounds a panic seized the defenders and they retired in disorder and confusion to the rear crest, and in some cases,
down the rear slope of the hill. Two Boers (Field Cornets de Villiers anf de Jagers, I believe) then advanced to the 4.7” emplacement, in
and around which Digby-Jones and his detachment were resting and having some food. Apparently the retirement of the infantry
defenders had been unnoticed by them, and the first intimation they had of the enemy being on the top of the hill was a shot, delivered
over the parapet at a distance of a few feet, which killed 2nd Corpl. Hunt, R.E. In a moment Digby-Jones picked up a rifle, dashed
round the end of the epaulment, and killed de Villiers. Lance-Corpl. Hockaday, R.E., at the same time shot de Jagers dead. .... Digby-
Jones at once ordered bayonets to be fixed and, calling on his men to follow him, led them (with Denniss) at the charge, re-occupying
the firing line in front of the 4.7” emplacement. .... After a short time the men who had been driven from the front were reinforced and
moved forward to their places again. .... At all events the Sappers were ordered back to the 4.7” emplacement, and were gradually
withdrawn as the Infantry came up. These latter had no officer with them ... and Digby-Jones, acting under orders went out to the
centre of the ridge with the object of moving the men well forward at that point to their proper firing position. While performing this
duty he was struck by a bullet in the throat, which killed him immediately. Shortly afterwards Denniss was heard to say, “I hear Mr
Digby Jones is hit, I am going to see to him.” He was afterwards seen moving about on the sky line carrying a stretcher. I found the
bodies of these two most brave and promising young officers lying close to each other ....’
For their actions in recovering the position on Wagon Hill at a critical time, Lieutenant Digby-Jones, R.E. and Trooper Herman
Albrecht, Imperial Light Horse, were both posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
With modern photograph of Corporal Hunt’s grave marker and also one of the memorial on Wagon Hill which reads, ‘On this spot fell
on Jan. 6th 1900 Lieut. R. J. T. Digby-Jones, V.C. and near him 2nd Lieut. G. B. B. Denniss, Sergeant C. Jackson, 2nd Corporal E. Hunt,
Lance Corporal H. Bailey, Sapper W. Bland, W. Simmonds, T. Cox, Royal Engineers’. With copied research.
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