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Auction: 23113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 133

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3645 Pt* H. Dayluce. 20th Hussars.) intentional damage to rank, otherwise contact marks very fine

Henry James Dayluce (or Day-Luce) was born in 1874 at St.Helier, Jersey and was the 7th of 16 children. He enlisted into the 20th Hussars in December 1892 and saw service in various barracks in England until 1896 when the regiment was sent to India where they were stationed in Mhow. He was sent to Durban in December 1901 and along with the 3rd Hussars were brigaded under Colonel Nixon, taking part in the work in the extreme northeast of the Orange River Colony during the conclusion of that campaign.

Both regiments of Colonel Nixon's brigade were frequently engaged with the enemy and they were at Heilbron in the Orange Free State when peace was declared in May 1902.

On returning home, Day-Luce resigned from the army and according to the 1911 Channel Islands Census was a Servant/Attendant at a Private Asylum. The following year he moved to Canada, arriving in Quebec from Liverpool on 21 July 1912 and found employment as a Civil Servant and married Mary McCaffery.

Day-Luce died on 26 December 1950 from heart failure and is buried in the Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Canada.

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