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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 665

(x) Colonial Light Horse

Raised in 1901, under the command of Major A. B. Baker, D.S.O., the Colonial Light Horse - about four squadrons strong - did considerable work in worrying and running down small Commandos. Still engaged with scattered bodies of the enemy when peace was declared, the regiment witnessed sharp fighting 36 miles east of Fraserburg on 3 June 1902, four days after the declaration of peace. The Commandos had apparently not taken the news seriously - if they had heard it at all - and on this occasion Squadron Sergeant-Major Carter and three men were killed and an officer and one man wounded (The Colonials in South Africa 1899-1902 by John Stirling, refers).

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901 (605 Pte. H. Stander. Colonial Lt. H.), good very fine

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