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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 88

Pair: Driver A.G. Willis, O Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (26646 Dvr; A.G. Willis, O Bty., R.H.A.), planchet detached from suspension mount; King´s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (26646 Dvr: A.G. Willis. R.H.A.), nearly very fine or better, unless otherwise stated (2) Estimate £ 100-140 26646 Driver Alfred George Willis, born Islington, London, 1878; served with the 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Militia); enlisted in the Royal Horse Artillery, March 1898; served with O Battery, Royal Horse Artillery in South Africa from October 1899, and was taken prisoner of war at Uitval´s Nek, 11.7.1900, ´early in July the post at Uitval´s Nek, or Nitral´s Nek, in the Megaliesberg Mountains, was taken over from Baden-Powell´s force by a squadron of the Royal Scots Greys, five companies of the Lincolnshire Regiment, and two guns O Battery, R.H.A., the whole under Colonel H.R. Roberts. On 11th July the enemy in great numbers attacked the position, and owing mainly to the defective dispositions of the commanding officer, the enemy gained possession of the pass and captured the two guns, almost an entire squadron of the Scots Greys, and 90 officers and men of the Lincolnshire Regiment.´ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); discharged, March 1910, after 12 years´ service.

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