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A Queen's South Africa Medal awarded to Gunner W. Murden, 'Q' Battery, Royal Horse...
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A Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Gunner W. Murden, ‘Q’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, who was severely wounded at Sannah’s Post on 31 March 1900 and unsuccessfully took part in the following ballot for a Victoria Cross
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (14585 Gnr: W. Murden., Q,B., R.H.A.), with top silver brooch bar, edge bruising, very fine £300-£400
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William Murden, a Carman from Hornsey, London, attested into the 5th (Militia) Battallion, Royal Fusiliers on 19 March 1896, before attesting into the Royal Horse Artillery on 23 October 1896. He served in South Africa with ‘Q’ Battery during the Boer War and was wounded at Modder River on 15 February 1900. He is further noted as being severely wounded with a gun shot wound to his right thigh in the action at Sannah’s Post on 31 March 1900, when, resulting from De Wet’s ambush of General Broadwood’s Brigade at Korn Spruit (Sanna’s Post), ‘Q’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, behaved with great gallantry and managed to save four of its guns from an apparently hopeless situation. The conduct of the battery was praised by Brigadier-General Broadwood in his report on the action. As a result of this report, Lord Roberts took the unusual step of ordering the battery to ballot for the Victoria Cross, to choose one officer, one non-commissioned officer, one gunner and one driver to receive the coveted award, there being no fairer way to choose four from so many who performed with such heroism that day. As a result, Major Edmund John Phipps-Hornby, Sergeant Charles Edward Haydon Parker, Gunner Isaac Lodge, and Driver Horace Henry Glassock were each awarded the Victoria Cross. Gunner William Murden’s name would have been in the ballot for the Victoria Cross to the ‘Gunner’. He was invalided home on 24 July 1900 and discharged on 6 February 1901.
Sold with copied medal roll extract.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (14585 Gnr: W. Murden., Q,B., R.H.A.), with top silver brooch bar, edge bruising, very fine £300-£400
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William Murden, a Carman from Hornsey, London, attested into the 5th (Militia) Battallion, Royal Fusiliers on 19 March 1896, before attesting into the Royal Horse Artillery on 23 October 1896. He served in South Africa with ‘Q’ Battery during the Boer War and was wounded at Modder River on 15 February 1900. He is further noted as being severely wounded with a gun shot wound to his right thigh in the action at Sannah’s Post on 31 March 1900, when, resulting from De Wet’s ambush of General Broadwood’s Brigade at Korn Spruit (Sanna’s Post), ‘Q’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, behaved with great gallantry and managed to save four of its guns from an apparently hopeless situation. The conduct of the battery was praised by Brigadier-General Broadwood in his report on the action. As a result of this report, Lord Roberts took the unusual step of ordering the battery to ballot for the Victoria Cross, to choose one officer, one non-commissioned officer, one gunner and one driver to receive the coveted award, there being no fairer way to choose four from so many who performed with such heroism that day. As a result, Major Edmund John Phipps-Hornby, Sergeant Charles Edward Haydon Parker, Gunner Isaac Lodge, and Driver Horace Henry Glassock were each awarded the Victoria Cross. Gunner William Murden’s name would have been in the ballot for the Victoria Cross to the ‘Gunner’. He was invalided home on 24 July 1900 and discharged on 6 February 1901.
Sold with copied medal roll extract.
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A Queen’s South Africa Medal awarded to Gunner W. Murden, ‘Q’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, who was severely wounded at Sannah’s Post on 31 March 1900 and unsuccessfully took part in the following ballot for a Victoria Cross
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (14585 Gnr: W. Murden., Q,B., R.H.A.), with top silver brooch bar, edge bruising, very fine £300-£400
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William Murden, a Carman from Hornsey, London, attested into the 5th (Militia) Battallion, Royal Fusiliers on 19 March 1896, before attesting into the Royal Horse Artillery on 23 October 1896. He served in South Africa with ‘Q’ Battery during the Boer War and was wounded at Modder River on 15 February 1900. He is further noted as being severely wounded with a gun shot wound to his right thigh in the action at Sannah’s Post on 31 March 1900, when, resulting from De Wet’s ambush of General Broadwood’s Brigade at Korn Spruit (Sanna’s Post), ‘Q’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, behaved with great gallantry and managed to save four of its guns from an apparently hopeless situation. The conduct of the battery was praised by Brigadier-General Broadwood in his report on the action. As a result of this report, Lord Roberts took the unusual step of ordering the battery to ballot for the Victoria Cross, to choose one officer, one non-commissioned officer, one gunner and one driver to receive the coveted award, there being no fairer way to choose four from so many who performed with such heroism that day. As a result, Major Edmund John Phipps-Hornby, Sergeant Charles Edward Haydon Parker, Gunner Isaac Lodge, and Driver Horace Henry Glassock were each awarded the Victoria Cross. Gunner William Murden’s name would have been in the ballot for the Victoria Cross to the ‘Gunner’. He was invalided home on 24 July 1900 and discharged on 6 February 1901.
Sold with copied medal roll extract.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (14585 Gnr: W. Murden., Q,B., R.H.A.), with top silver brooch bar, edge bruising, very fine £300-£400
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William Murden, a Carman from Hornsey, London, attested into the 5th (Militia) Battallion, Royal Fusiliers on 19 March 1896, before attesting into the Royal Horse Artillery on 23 October 1896. He served in South Africa with ‘Q’ Battery during the Boer War and was wounded at Modder River on 15 February 1900. He is further noted as being severely wounded with a gun shot wound to his right thigh in the action at Sannah’s Post on 31 March 1900, when, resulting from De Wet’s ambush of General Broadwood’s Brigade at Korn Spruit (Sanna’s Post), ‘Q’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, behaved with great gallantry and managed to save four of its guns from an apparently hopeless situation. The conduct of the battery was praised by Brigadier-General Broadwood in his report on the action. As a result of this report, Lord Roberts took the unusual step of ordering the battery to ballot for the Victoria Cross, to choose one officer, one non-commissioned officer, one gunner and one driver to receive the coveted award, there being no fairer way to choose four from so many who performed with such heroism that day. As a result, Major Edmund John Phipps-Hornby, Sergeant Charles Edward Haydon Parker, Gunner Isaac Lodge, and Driver Horace Henry Glassock were each awarded the Victoria Cross. Gunner William Murden’s name would have been in the ballot for the Victoria Cross to the ‘Gunner’. He was invalided home on 24 July 1900 and discharged on 6 February 1901.
Sold with copied medal roll extract.
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