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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 48

Seven: Captain R. Shimmans, Royal Sussex Regiment, Late Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, Wounded at Sannah´s Post, 31.3.1900 Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (63690 Sgt. R. Shimmans, Q.B., R.H.A.); 1914-15 Star (63690 S. Mjr. R. Shimmans. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (63690 A.W.O.Cl.1 R. Shimmans R.A.); Coronation 1911; Army Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (63690 Serjt: R. Shimmans. R.G.A.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (63690 Sjt. R. Shimmans. R.A.), lacquered, generally very fine, mounted court-style as originally worn (7) Estimate £ 1,400-1,800 Captain Robert Shimmans, born Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, 1868; enlisted in the Northamptonshire Regiment, June 1887; transferred to the Royal Artillery, October 1887; promoted Bombardier, August 1895; served with the Artillery in India, September 1888 - November 1895; promoted Corporal, March 1898; Sergeant, November 1899; served with Q Battery Royal Horse Artillery in South Africa from 19.12.1899, and was wounded at Sannah´s Post, 31.3.1900; he was in charge of ´E´ Sub Division during the action, which consisted of 21 men including Gunner I. Lodge and Driver W. Glassock (both of whom were awarded the Victoria Cross in the subsequent Battery Ballot); Shimman´s name would have been in the ballot for the Victoria Cross to a non-commissioned officer from the battery; Four V.C.´s were awarded (one to an officer, one to a non-commissioned officer, one to a gunner and one to a driver) to the gallant battery which had managed to save four of its guns from an apparently hopeless situation during De Wet´s ambush of General Broadwood´s Brigade; returned to England suffering from the effects of bullet wounds to the right knee and left thigh that left him temporarily unable to ride; awarded Long Service & G.C. Medal, 1905; promoted Battery Sergeant Major, 15.6.1908; Warrant Officer Class II, 29.1.1915; served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War in the Mesopotamia Theatre from 4.12.1915; discharged, 6.2.1917 after 29 years and 237 days service; Commissioned Captain and Adjutant, 6th Volunteer Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, 21.3.1917.

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