CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1108


Three: Private H. W. Freislich, Cape Police and Kimberley Town Guard


CAPE OF GOOD HOPE GENERAL SERVICE 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Pte. H. W. Freislisch [sic]. C. Pol.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (Pte. H. W. Frieslich [sic]. Kimberley Town Gd:); MAYOR OF KIMBELERY’S STAR 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, the reverse inscribed, ‘H. W. Frieslich [sic], C Coy. K.T.G.’, lacking integral riband bar, good very fine and better (3)


£600-800 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2006.


Herbert William Freislich was born in Clanwilliam, Cape Colony, on 26 March 1879 and enlisted in the Cape Police, District No. 1, on 3 May 1895 (giving his date of birth as 26 March 1877). He served with the Cape Police during the Bechuanaland Campaign of 1896-97, and was promoted Lance-Corporal on 3 January 1898 before being ‘dismissed for neglect of duty and insubordination’ on 10 March 1899. He subsequently served with the Kimberley Town Guard as a member of No. 1 Section, ‘C’ Company, as part of the Garrison at Kimberley between 14 October 1899 and 15 February 1900, where he was a member of Pickerings Redoubt No. 1. His brother Charles also served during the Siege of Kimberley and was killed in action on 25 November 1899.


Sold with copied medal roll extracts, service records, and other research. 1109 Pair: Private J. Murray, Seaforth Highlanders


QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (5071. Pte. J. Murray. 1/Sea. Hrs.); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (5071 Pte. J. Murray 1st Sea. Highrs.) contact marks, otherwise very fine


£360-400 1110


A Sudan pair awarded to Sergeant G. Lelliott, 21st Lancers, who took part in the celebrated Charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898


QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (2836 Srgt. G. Lelliott 21/L/Crs); KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (2836 Sergt. G. Lelliott 21st. Lcrs.) engraved in sans serif capitals, nearly extremely fine (2)


£1800-2200


George Lelliott was born in 1864 and attested for the 14th (King’s) Hussars c.1885. He transferred to the 21st Hussars at Colchester on 1 October 1887. He served with the Regiment in India from November 1887, and was promoted Lance Corporal in 1888; Corporal in 1890; Lance-Sergeant in 1892; Sergeant Instructor of Musketry in 1894; and Acting Quartermaster Sergeant in 1896. In October 1896 he embarked with the Regiment to Cairo for service in Egypt, and the following year the 21st Hussars were redesignated the 21st Lancers. He served with the 21st Lancers in the Sudan, and is confirmed as having taken part in the famous Charge at Omdurman as part of Captain W. M. Doyne’s “C” Squadron on 2 September 1898.


Lelliott remained in Egypt until November 1899 when the regiment returned to Ireland, where he died on 21 December 1899. He is buried in the Curragh Military Cemetery.


Sold with copied medal roll extracts, photographs of both the recipient and his grave, and further research. www.dnw.co.uk


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