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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 640

(x) OTHER SOUTH AFRICAN UNITS

Ashburner's Light Horse

Employed in the Warrenton-Vryburg-Kuruman District during the last 16 months of the war, the corps - about 125 strong - witnessed considerable fighting around this period. It had the ill-fortune to be part of the British column under Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen which was heavily defeated by a Boer Commando led by Jacobus Herculaas de la Ray at the Battle of Tweebosch. Out of 126 of its men in action at Tweebosch, it suffered losses of 11 killed and 11 wounded.

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (32466 Sjt: E. J. Harris. Ashburner's L.H.), nearly extremely fine

Edward James Harris was taken prisoner at Kuruman on 5 November 1901, whilst serving in Ashburner's Light Horse. Later released, he was discharged at Port Elizabeth upon completion of his engagement.

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