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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 176

The Boer War Medal awarded to Private W. Ogle, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, who was killed in action at the battle of Belmont on 23 November 1899

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Belmont (8941 Pte. W. Ogle, Scots Gds.), good very fine

The officers and men of the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards were heavily engaged at Belmont on 23 November 1899, Lord Methuen reporting that 'they carried out their instructions to the letter, and gained the heights at the point of the bayonet.' As a consequence, the battalion's losses were severe, being 10 men killed and three officers and 34 men wounded. Colonel Paget and three of his officers were highly praised by Lord Methuen and General Colvile.

William Ogle is commemorated on the Household Cavalry and Guards memorial in Holy Trinity, Windsor. He left a widow, Sarah Anne Ogle, a shirt maker, and a 2-year old daughter, Elizabeth Violet, who were living in Pomeroy Street, Camberwell, London at the time of his death; sold with copied medal roll verification and census information.



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