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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 17

A Boer War D.C.M. Pair to Sergeant C. Nash, Royal Field Artillery a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (21399 Bomb: C. Nash. R.F.A.) b) Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (21399 Bomb: C. Nash, 75th Bty: R.F.A.), minor edge bruising, therefore very fine (2) Estimate £ 1,400-1,600 D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901 21399 A/Bdr C. Nash, 75th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. 21399 Sergeant Charles Nash, D.C.M., born Hoxton, London; enlisted Royal Artillery, 1897; served with the 75th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, July 1897-November 1904, during that time along with the 18th Battery the 75th, ´was the only artillery Lord Methuen had in the actions of Belmont, 23rd November 1899, and Enslin, 25th November, and up till late in the afternoon these were the only batteries at Modder River, 28th November. At Belmont the artillery horses, not yet hardened up, were utterly unable to pursue at the close of day... At Enslin it was much the same, but the artillery did very good work both before and during the action. At Modder River they were invaluable. In his despatch of 1st December 1899 Lord Methuen said: "During the entire action the 75th and 18th Batteries had vied with each one another in showing gallantry and proficiency."´ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); at Modder River the 75th suffered two killed and twelve wounded; Sergeant 29.10.1904; discharged 26.7.1913, after 16 years service.

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