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A Collection of Medals relating to the Boer War formed by two brothers 215 Four: Private C. B. Hearns, 5th South African Horse, late Natal Mounted Rifles and 4th Infantry


QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (296 Tpr., Natal M.R.); 1914-15 STAR (Pte., 4th Infantry); BRITISH WAR AND BILINGUAL VICTORY MEDALS (Pte., 5th S.A.H.) very fine (4)


£350-400


Charles Bertram Hearns was born in King Williamstown in 1875. During the Boer War he served in the Natal Mounted Rifles, Volunteer Composite Regiment and the Commander-in-Chief’s Bodyguard, for which he was awarded the Queen’s medal with seven clasps including those for Elandslaagte and the Defence of Ladysmith.


With the onset of the Great War he attested as Private 8004 in the 4th Infantry (’C’ Company, 1st Eastern Rifles) on 10 October 1914. He embarked on S.S. Colonial for Central Force on 2 March 1915 and was discharged on 9 July 1915. He re-attested as Rifleman 5367 in the South African Mounted Rifles (Training Depot, Tempe) on 30 June 1915 but was discharged on 9 July 1915. Hearns then re- attested as Private 3923 in the 7th South African Horse. He disembarked at Kilidini on 8 May 1916, transferred to the 5th South African Horse on 22 October 1916 and thence to the South African Engineering Corps at Morogoro on 13 November 1916. Receiving treatment for malaria at Dar es Salaam in April 1917, he was subsequently discharged at Robert’s Heights because of the disease on 4 November 1917, as being permanently unfit for tropical service and temporarily unfit for non-tropical service.


With copied service papers and roll extracts.


216


Six: Captain A. G. Cubitt, Royal Naval Reserve


TRANSPORT 1899-1902, 2 clasps, S. Africa 1899-1902, China 1900 (A. G. Cubitt, In Command); 1914-15 STAR (Commr, R. N.R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Commr., R.N.R.); ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE DECORATION, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1928; ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY MEDAL, small, bronze, successful (Albert George Cubitt, 1 May 1885) bronze buckle on ribbon, last with edge bruising, otherwise extremely fine (6)


£1300-1600


George Albert Cubitt was born in Louvain, Belgium, on 22 September 1854. He joined the training ship Conway in 1868 and commenced his sea going career in 1870. He served three years under sail and the remaining 35 years in steamships of the P. & O. Line. On the 1 May 1885 while serving as Chief Officer of the P. & O. steamer Poona he saw the chief officer of the S.S. Scam, Mr R Peters fall overboard whilst his ship was underway in Bombay Harbour. In the fall Mr Peters broke his leg. Mr Cubitt jumped into the water taking a life belt with him, he reached Mr Peters and supported him until a steam launch arrived, thereby saving his life. A strong tide was running at the time and there was a danger from sharks. For this rescue Mr Cubitt was awarded the Royal Humane Society bronze medal. He joined the Royal Naval Reserve and by 1899 he had completed a year’s training and held a certificate in either gunnery or torpedo; in 1902 he was promoted to Commander. His Royal Naval Reserve Decoration was awarded on the 25 Aug 1916 (London Gazette 29 August 1916). Captain Cubitt’s ship the Formosa was requisitioned as a war transport for both the South African Boer War 1899-1902 and the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900. As a Commander, R.N.R. he served during the Great War. Captain Cubitt, latterly of Argyll Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, died on 4 February 1934.


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