THE SUDAN CAMPAIGN 1910-1922
On 11 April 1915 Major Hutchins landed on Gallipoli - still an officer attached to the E.A. Letter of thanks forwarded from the Sirdar (Wingate):
‘Lt. Col. Hutchins was in charge of the Supply Depot at Cape Helles, and did admirable work under the most trying conditions, carrying on under heavy fire regardless of his personal safety. He was the only officer to fulfill that position who could stand the strain of constant work under frequent shelling’ (Maj. Gen. Fred Krol, Director of Supplies, Dardanelles, 2 February 1916).
He then returned to the Mongalla District, 9 September-31 December 1915.
Leaving the Egyptian Army on 2 April 1916, he was appointed Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, 3 April 1916. On 7 April he was placed in command of the Camel Corps in Canal Zone. He had direct control over six Egyptian Camel Companies and 4th Indian Camel Corps, comprising of some 54 officers, 8,000 men and 15,000 camels. He saw subsequent service with camel transport in Sinai (El Arish) and Gaza in Palestine.
For his services he was twice mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 November 1915; 6 July 1917); awarded the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette 6 June 1917); granted permission to accept and wear the Egyptian Order of the Nile 4th Class and was granted the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel.
Hutchins was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1927, with seniority of November 1923. Posted to Peshawar, India as A.D.S. & T. 16 September 1925. Commanded Heavy Repair Shop C. II, Peshawar 9 May 1929. Took over as A.D.S. & T. Peshawar Division 28 May 1929. Commended: ‘His duties during the past hot weather, during the civil disturbances and incursions by the Afridi’s have been very heavy’ 9 October 1930. For his services he was awarded the T.G.S. Medal with clasp. Placed on the Half Pay List in January 1931, he returned home to a 2,500 acre estate at Tanfield Lodge, Ripon, Yorkshire.
On 19 March 1932 he applied for consideration as District Remount Officer Ripon District T.A., as he ‘had lifelong experience with horses both in South Africa and India’. On 15 November he was offered the post of D.R.O. (No..1 Dist) Yorkshire, at a salary of £200 pa., an offer that he accepted. He took up the post on 16 February 1933. On 15 October 1939, he was appointed DAD of Remounts, Scottish Command, at a salary of £337 pa. He reverted to his old posting at (No..1 Dist) Yorkshire, Northern Command. R. Hutchins was finally retired on 1 March 1942, at the age of 65. His services during the war earning him the 1939/45 War Medal. Colonel Hutchins died on 11 Feb. 1961, at the age of 84.
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The Haynes Medal awarded to 2nd Lieutenant E. M. Sinauer, Royal Engineers, who served on the South Kordofan expedition in 1910 and later won the O.B.E. and M.C. during the Great War
SCHOOL OF MILITARY ENGINEERING HAYNES MEDAL 1898, by F. Bowcher, obverse: bust of the officer facing right, ‘Captain A. E. Haynes, R.E., 1861-96’; a bridged chasm in high relief, ‘Field Fortification S.M.E.’ (2nd Lieut. E. M. Sinauer, R.E., 1906), 56mm., bronze, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine
£80-100 Ex Spencer Collection, D.N.W. 6 July 2004.
The Haynes Medal was named after Captain A. E. Haynes, R.E., who as a junior officer was selected by Colonel Charles Warren to accompany him on the Palmer Search Expedition in 1882 and in the Bechuanaland Expedition of 1884-85. He was Assistant Instructor in Survey at the School of Military Engineering from 1889 to 1894. In 1896, while taking the 43rd Company to Mauritius, he with his company joined the Matabeleland Expedition. Haynes was killed in the successful attack on the Matabele stronghold. A subscription was raised by his family in order to erect a monument in Rochester Cathedral. The balance of the fund was used to provide bronze medals. A medal was awarded to an officer in each batch of young officers after going through the course of fieldworks, the nomination being made by the Commandant. A medal was also given to the sapper in each batch of recruits, best qualified in fieldworks, after going through the recruits’ course in that subject. The nomination being made by the Officer Commanding the Training Battalion. The first medals were awarded in 1902.
Esmond Moreton Sinauer was born on 8 August 1885 and entered the Royal Engineers as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1905. Promoted Lieutenant in 1908, he was employed with the Egyptian Army, January 1908-December 1912, serving in South Kordofan during 1910, for which he was awarded the Khedive’s Sudan Medal with clasp. Promoted to the rank of Captain in 1914, he served throughout the Great War. For his services he was awarded the Military Cross (London Gazette 3 June 1916) and was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 22 June 1915 & 7 July 1919), received the 1914 Star with clasp, British War and Victory Medals and held the rank of Acting-Major, 9 May 1917-5 December 1918. After the war he was employed at the War Office as Deputy Assistant Director of Railways and Roads, June 1919-January 1921. Promoted to Major in 1922, he was employed as Deputy Assistant Director of Fortifications and Works at the War Office from March 1922.
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