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The rare maximum ‘8 battle clasps’ Queen’s South Africa medal awarded to Sergeant B. J. Webber, Damant’s Horse, late Rimington’s Guides, who was killed in action at Rooi Rand, Orange River Colony, on 25 November 1900
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Serjt: B. J. Webster. Damant’s Horse) nearly extremely fine, rare £2,400-£2,800
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Bertie James Webber, a clerk from Grahamstown, was killed in action at Rooi Rand, Orange River Colony on 25 November 1900, aged 55. His death is mentioned in Steve Watts’ ‘In Memoriam’.
Raised at the outbreak of the war by Major M. F. Rimington, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, Rimington’s Guides was not a large unit, numbering about 150 at the outset, but distinguished themselves in many of the early actions of the war. Sir Archibald Hunter said of them, ‘Major Rimington has gathered a body of men whose virtues are like his own. They can ride, see, fight, and shoot straight. They are in the forefront where there is danger. They have never disappointed me, let alone failed me.’ When Rimington left the Guides to take another command, the unit was resuscitated under another of their leaders, Major Damant. Although the corps was still called officially Rimington’s Guides, it eventually became Damant’s Horse. Uniquely, members serving exclusively with Rimington’s Guides/ Damant’s Horse were entitled to 8 battle clasps, the greatest number of clasps (excluding the two date clasps) issued to the Queen’s South Africa Medal.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; copied medal roll extract; and other research.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Serjt: B. J. Webster. Damant’s Horse) nearly extremely fine, rare £2,400-£2,800
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Bertie James Webber, a clerk from Grahamstown, was killed in action at Rooi Rand, Orange River Colony on 25 November 1900, aged 55. His death is mentioned in Steve Watts’ ‘In Memoriam’.
Raised at the outbreak of the war by Major M. F. Rimington, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, Rimington’s Guides was not a large unit, numbering about 150 at the outset, but distinguished themselves in many of the early actions of the war. Sir Archibald Hunter said of them, ‘Major Rimington has gathered a body of men whose virtues are like his own. They can ride, see, fight, and shoot straight. They are in the forefront where there is danger. They have never disappointed me, let alone failed me.’ When Rimington left the Guides to take another command, the unit was resuscitated under another of their leaders, Major Damant. Although the corps was still called officially Rimington’s Guides, it eventually became Damant’s Horse. Uniquely, members serving exclusively with Rimington’s Guides/ Damant’s Horse were entitled to 8 battle clasps, the greatest number of clasps (excluding the two date clasps) issued to the Queen’s South Africa Medal.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; copied medal roll extract; and other research.
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The rare maximum ‘8 battle clasps’ Queen’s South Africa medal awarded to Sergeant B. J. Webber, Damant’s Horse, late Rimington’s Guides, who was killed in action at Rooi Rand, Orange River Colony, on 25 November 1900
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Serjt: B. J. Webster. Damant’s Horse) nearly extremely fine, rare £2,400-£2,800
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Bertie James Webber, a clerk from Grahamstown, was killed in action at Rooi Rand, Orange River Colony on 25 November 1900, aged 55. His death is mentioned in Steve Watts’ ‘In Memoriam’.
Raised at the outbreak of the war by Major M. F. Rimington, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, Rimington’s Guides was not a large unit, numbering about 150 at the outset, but distinguished themselves in many of the early actions of the war. Sir Archibald Hunter said of them, ‘Major Rimington has gathered a body of men whose virtues are like his own. They can ride, see, fight, and shoot straight. They are in the forefront where there is danger. They have never disappointed me, let alone failed me.’ When Rimington left the Guides to take another command, the unit was resuscitated under another of their leaders, Major Damant. Although the corps was still called officially Rimington’s Guides, it eventually became Damant’s Horse. Uniquely, members serving exclusively with Rimington’s Guides/ Damant’s Horse were entitled to 8 battle clasps, the greatest number of clasps (excluding the two date clasps) issued to the Queen’s South Africa Medal.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; copied medal roll extract; and other research.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (Serjt: B. J. Webster. Damant’s Horse) nearly extremely fine, rare £2,400-£2,800
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Bertie James Webber, a clerk from Grahamstown, was killed in action at Rooi Rand, Orange River Colony on 25 November 1900, aged 55. His death is mentioned in Steve Watts’ ‘In Memoriam’.
Raised at the outbreak of the war by Major M. F. Rimington, 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, Rimington’s Guides was not a large unit, numbering about 150 at the outset, but distinguished themselves in many of the early actions of the war. Sir Archibald Hunter said of them, ‘Major Rimington has gathered a body of men whose virtues are like his own. They can ride, see, fight, and shoot straight. They are in the forefront where there is danger. They have never disappointed me, let alone failed me.’ When Rimington left the Guides to take another command, the unit was resuscitated under another of their leaders, Major Damant. Although the corps was still called officially Rimington’s Guides, it eventually became Damant’s Horse. Uniquely, members serving exclusively with Rimington’s Guides/ Damant’s Horse were entitled to 8 battle clasps, the greatest number of clasps (excluding the two date clasps) issued to the Queen’s South Africa Medal.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; copied medal roll extract; and other research.
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