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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 720

(x) Murray's Horse

Murray's Horse was raised in Natal before the outbreak of hostilities by the Hon. T. K. Murray. With a strength of approximately 150 men, the unit patrolled wide areas of lower Natal and scouted the country in front of the advancing Boer Commandos. It was disbanded in November 1899, following the arrival of British troops.

Pair: Lieutenant H. A. Carbutt, Murray's Horse
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (Tpr; A. Carbutt. Murray's Horse); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. H. A. Carbutt.), very fine and better (2)


Hugh Arnold Carbutt, who was born on 30 January 1882, served with Murray's Horse during the Boer War and with the Reserves during the Natal Native Rebellion in 1906. Appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 14th (Reserve) Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers, on 29 November 1915, he transferred to the Machine Gun Corps and served in France from 5 August 1916. On 1 June 1917 he was posted to the 360th Reserve Employment Company, Labour Corps, based at Lairn, Plymouth, and was later awarded a Silver War Badge on the grounds of ill-health; sold with copied roll entry, officer's service record and MIC.

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Sold for
£250