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Four: Private G. Ingall, Lincolnshire Regiment QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (1920 Pte. G. Ingall. 1/Lin: R.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (1920 Pte. G. Ingall. 2/Linc. Rgt.); KING'S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1920 Pte. G. Ingall. Lincoln: Regt.); KHEDIVE'S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (1920 Pte. G. Ingall. 1. Linc. Regt.) light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine (4)
£400-500
George Ingall was born in the Parish of Kirkby Underwood, near Bourne, Lincolnshire, and attested at Grantham on 19 May 1887, aged 18 years 3 months. He was discharged at Hounslow on 15 July 1905, having completed 18 years service. He re-enlisted on 7 September 1914 and served at home throughout the war in the Labour Corps until discharged on 17 August 1918, ‘being no longer physically fit for War Service’. Sold with original documents, including Parchment Certificate of Discharge, Account Book, and an old copied portrait photograph of Ingall on sentry duty wearing his medals.
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Three: Sergeant J. Clarke, Lincolnshire Regiment
QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (3404 Cpl: J. Clark. 1/Lin: R.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (3404. Serjt: J. Clarke. 2/Linc: Rgt.); Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3404 Corpl. J. Clarke. 1. Linc. Regt.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3)
£380-420
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Three: Sergeant P. Tragfort, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
QUEEN’S SUDAN 1896-98 (4218 L: Cpl: P. Trayfoot 1/R: War: R.); INDIAGENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (4218 Sergt. P. Tragfort. 1st R. War. R.) minor corrections to naming; KHEDIVE'S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum, naming neatly erased, contemporary copy clasps, note discrepancies in surname, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3)
£240-280
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Pair: Lance-Corporal W. Masterson, Royal Scots Fusiliers
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, Samana 1897 (4825 Pte. W. Masterson, 1st Bn. Ryl. Sco: Fus:); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (4825 L. Corpl. W. Masterson. Rl. Scots Fus.) good very fine (2)
£200-260
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Five: Private J. Cormack, Gordon Highlanders, later Royal Army Medical Corps
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3365 Pte. J. Cormack 1st. Bn. Gord: Hrs.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Belfast (3365 Pte. J. Cormack. Gordon Highrs:); 1914 STAR (8796 Pte. J. Cormack. R.A.M.C.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (8796 Pte. J. Cormack. R.A.M.C.) mounted as worn, good very fine (5)
£400-500
J. Cormack served with the Gordon Highlanders on the Punjab Frontier as part of Lieutenant-General Sir William Lockhart’s Tirah Expeditionary Force, during which a proportion of the 1st Battalion took part in the attack on the Dargai Heights, 20 October 1897:
‘... the Highlanders lay under cover while the guns concentrated their fire for three minutes on the summit. When the moment for action came, Colonel Mathias addressed them in these simple and soldier-like words, which sent a thrill not only through his own men but through the whole of the British Empire - “The General says this hill must be taken at all costs - the Gordon Highlanders will take it.”
Realising that as it was useless to make the ascent in dribs and drabs, Colonel Mathias decided that the regiment would advance en masse, reasoning that some would surely reach the crest. After a momentary hush the Highlanders assured their Colonel with a hearty cheer that his confidence in them was not misplaced - “The Gordon Highlanders will advance in close order! Officers and pipers to the front!” The pipe-major swung his plaid and his drones over his shoulder with a magnificent gesture, and struck up “Cock of the North” and then, with their Colonel at their head as in the days of old, the Highlanders rushed forth and with them the impatient remnants of those who had tried before. Furious volleys swept from above, and many a bullet found its billet on that jostling crowded neck, but nothing could stop the rush. The Highlanders swarmed up the steep slope with such determination that the enemy did not wait for the final assault but fled in all directions.’
During the attack on the Dargai Heights the Gordon Highlanders suffered 4 officers and 34 men killed, and 14 officers and 147 men wounded. Piper George Findlater and Private Edward Lawson were both awarded the Victoria Cross for their gallantry in this action, and additionally seven men of the regiment were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal.
Sold with two Cigarette Cards portraying Piper Findlater piping the regiment at Dargai, 1897.
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