A Collection of Medals to the South Wales Borderers 950
Four: Lance-Corporal F. Evanson, 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was severely wounded during the fighting for Hill 60 at Gallipoli, 21-22 August 1915
1914-15 Star (13078 L. Cpl. F. Evanson. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (13078 Pte. F. Evanson. S. Wales Bord.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (Frank Evanson) good very fine (4) £80-£120
Frank Evanson was born in 1893 in Crewe, Cheshire, in 1893 and attested for the South Wales Borderers at Newport, Monmouthshire on 26 August 1914. He served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 19 July 1915. In August 1915, the 4th Battalion, having secured their objectives at Damakjelik Bair during the attack on Sari Bair and also having fought at the Battle of Russell’s Top were to next be engaged in the bitter fighting for Hill 60, also known as Kaiajik Aghala on 21-22 August 1915. Hill 60 was an important tactical point assaulted by two Australian Battalions and the New Zealand Mounted Rifles in conjunction with supporting operations by the 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, 29th Indian Brigade and 5th Connaught Rangers. The attack was only partially successful. The Australians were held up and the New Zealanders who attacked from the South Wales Borderers trenches, found themselves clinging to a trench just below the crest of the hill. The 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers had C Company in reserve and, under Captain Kitchen, was sent in to help the New Zealanders who were ‘hanging on by their eyelids’. They succeeded in covering the 300 yards of open ground and reached their goal with only six casualties. The company was placed on the New Zealanders right, holding about eighty yards of trench. Heavy short range trench fighting and bombing continued all night before, having exhausted their water, the battalion was relieved. Hill 60 had cost the 4th Battalion, South Wales Borderers 16 men killed and 71 wounded. By 22 August the Battalion had lost over 400 officers and men out of the 775 who had landed on 4 August. Soon afterwards they were transferred to Suvla Bay.
Evanson suffered a bullet wound to his left thigh and was admitted to the 149th Field Ambulance on 22 August 1915 when his battalion was fighting on or around Hill 60. He was transferred to a hospital ship and then to the Military Hospital Citadel in Cairo before returning to the 3rd Northern General Hospital in Sheffield on 31 October 1915. He was discharged on 9 June 1916 after being assessed as medically unfit for war service and was awarded the Silver War Badge.
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Three: Sergeant W. Dawson, 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field on 15 May 1916 at the Crosbie Craters near Berthonval, later in 1918 having his right leg amputated
1914-15 Star (17229 Cpl. W. Dawson. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (17229 Pte. W. Dawson. S. Wales Bord.) good very fine (3)
£120-£160 M.M. London Gazette 8 August 1916.
William Dawson attested for the South Wales Borderers on 1 September 1914 and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 September 1915. He was awarded the Military Medal for his actions on the night of 15 May 1916 when the 6th Battalion made an attack following up the detonation of mines under the German lines. The regimental history details the action: ‘The first notable episode was the explosion of five mines under the German front line in the Berthonval sector on the evening of May 15th. Much damage was done and several big craters formed (These were the group known as the Crosbie Craters), which the Germans kept under heavy artillery fire. C and D companies went forward promptly, nonetheless and started consolidating the craters. Second Lieutenant W. G. Edwards directed the work magnificently, standing up on the lip of a crater, setting a splendid example of devotion and gallantry. He was admirably supported by Second Lieutenants Marshall and Renwick, the former carrying on though wounded and encouraging the men by his courage and endurance… Despite the violence of the shelling the two companies stuck to their work and completed their task, their casualties, a bare dozen, being surprisingly low, though the three officers mentioned were all wounded, Second Lieutenant Edwards very severely… Second Lieutenants Edwards and Marshall received the M.C., while the M.M. was awarded to Sergeants Dawson, Ellaway, J. T. Jones, Thomas, and Private Yates.’ (The History of the South Wales Borderers 1914-18 by C. T. Atkinson refers).
Dawson was admitted to No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station on 16 January 1918 with gunshot wounds to his right leg, necessitating amputation. He was awarded a Silver War Badge.
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Three: Private E. Hopkins, 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action on 3 July 1916 during the opening days of the Battle of the Somme 1914-15 Star (17624 Pte. E. Hopkins. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (17624 Pte. E. Hopkins. S. Wales Bord.); Memorial Plaque (Evans Hopkins) adhesive to reverse of plaque, otherwise good very fine
Pair: Sapper J. Hopkins, Royal Engineers British War and Victory Medals (7989 Spr. J. Hopkins. R.E.) good very fine (6) £160-£200
Evan Hopkins was born in Caerleon, Newport Monmouthshire, and attested for the South Wales Borderers. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 September 1915, and was killed on 3 July 1916 during the consolidation after the opening advance on the Somme. The only companies of the 6th Battalion actively engaged on the Somme before 4 July 1916 were A and C who sustained a dozen casualties at Aveluy Wood. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France, and on the Caerleon War Memorial.
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Three: Sergeant A. Newey, 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was seriously wounded at Vimy Ridge on 6 May 1916
1914-15 Star (17091 Cpl. A. Newey. S. Wales Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (17091 Sjt. A. Newey. S. Wales Bord.) good very fine (3)
£70-£90
Albert Newey was born in Kidderminster, Worcestershire in 1887, and attested for the South Wales Borderers on 14 September 1914. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 September 1915, was advanced Sergeant on 10 March 1916, and was wounded in action at Vimy Ridge on 6 May 1916, receiving a gun shot wound and shrapnel to his right leg. He was admitted to 22nd General Hospital on the same day from where he was evacuated to the U.K. on the SS Aberdonian on 12 May 1916. He transferred to the Welch Regiment on 10 February 1917, and was subsequently transferred to the Army Reserve on 7 March 1917. He was finally discharged, no longer physically fit for war service, on 11 October 1917, and is entitled to the Silver War Badge.
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