A Collection of Medals relating to the Boer War formed by two brothers
Appointed G.O.C. Burma Division on the outbreak of hostilities, he held command in the Kachin Rising of January-February 1915, his resultant punitive operations receiving due recognition in the despatches of General Sir Beauchamp Duff, G.C.B., C.-in-C. India (London Gazette 4 July 1916 refers):
‘Unrest, which had been brewing for some time among the Kachins, came to a head in December 1914, and January 1915, when punitive operations were undertaken. The columns originally consisted of Burma Military Police, but as the disturbance appeared more general and likely to spread, regular troops were ordered up to Myitkyina .... In February, Major-General H. A. Raitt, C.B., Commanding Burma Division, proceeded to Myitkyina to direct operations. In the Kamaing and Mogaung Jurisdictions, and the adjoining un-administered territory, six columns operated during January and February .... Opposition encountered was in all cases successfully overcome, the rebel stockades captured, and the implicated villages destroyed. In the country north of Myitkyina two columns were employed during the latter end of January and throughout February and these were equally successful in punishing the recalcitrant tribesmen. The country in which these operations were carried out is of a particularly dense and difficult nature. Major- General Raitt especially commends a night march carried out by a detachment of the 64th Pioneers over intricate country, followed by a successful attack on a rebel village.’
Raitt retired from his command in November 1918, was appointed K.C.I.E in 1919, and died at his home in Folkestone, Kent in November 1935.
Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including the recipient’s K.C.I.E. warrant, dated 3 June 1919, in its original envelope of issue, with the Statutes for the Order; his commission warrants for the ranks of Sub. Lieutenant, Militia Forces, dated 13 March 1876, and 2nd Lieutenant, Land Forces (80th Foot), dated 20 March 1878; his Contract of Employment with the Egyptian Army, dated 5 March 1894, and signed by Lord Kitchener; four studio portrait photographs; a letter from Sir Ian Hamilton regarding matters relative to the Territorials, dated 5 March 1911, and a War Office letter of appointment, dated 11 May 1912; and a copy of his obituary from The Times, dated 9 November 1935.
See following three lots for related swords.
219
AN 1831 PATTERN GENERAL OFFICER’S MAMELUKE by family repute owned by Major-General Herbert Aveling Raitt, the curved flat solid section 83cm blade by
J.B.Johnstone, London & Dublin, etched with crowned GVR cypher, crossed baton & scimitar within laurel wreaths, foliate scrolls etc, regulation gilt cross-guard the ecusson filled with a crossed baton and scimitar, ivory grip plaques secured with foliate rosettes, with its gold & crimson bullion sword-knot, complete with its plated steel scabbard with two hanging rings, blade retaining almost all original finish, ivory grip plaques a little stained, hilt mounts and scabbard discoloured overall
£250-300 See previous lot for related medals.
220
AN 1897 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD by family repute owned by Major-General Herbert Aveling Raitt, the straight 83cm blade of dumbell section, by Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, No. 52545 (for 1914-1917) etched with crowned GVR cypher foliate scrolls etc, regulation plated steel guard incorporating GVR cypher, fish-skin covered grip bound with silver wire, complete with its plated steel scabbard with two hanging rings, blade retaining almost all original finish, hilt and scabbard lightly rusted overall
£120-150 See lot 218 for related medals.
221
AN 1897 PATTERN INFANTRY OFFICER’S SWORD, atributed to Arthur Douglas Raitt, the 87cm blade by Hobson & Sons, 3 & 5 Lexington Street, London, back-edged and spear-pointed etched with crowned VR cypher foliate scrolls etc and within a cartouche the owner’s initials ‘A D R’ regulation plated steel guard incoporating VR cypher, fish-skin coverd grip bound with copper wire, complete with its wood field service scabbard covered with brown leather with large plated steel locket and chape, blade varnished, steel mounts lightly rusted and discoloured overall
£120-150
Arthur Douglas Raitt, first commissioned 2nd. Lieutenant Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, 28th. June 1890. See lot 218 for related medals.
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