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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 180

(x) Pair: Corporal C. P. Fauvel, 18th Hussars

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing's Nek, Belfast (3658. Pte: C. Fauvel. 18/ Hrs:); King's South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3658 Corpl: C. Fauvel. 18th Hussars), mounted as worn on silver display plate engraved (18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars) pin lacking, contact marks, edge bruising, post loose, nearly very fine (2)

Charles Philip Fauvel was born at St. Helier, Jersey on 4 November 1874. The 18th Hussars were already in South Africa when the Boer War broke out and as such were the only cavalry regiment present for the bloody Battle of Talana Hill on 20 October 1899. They were ordered to sweep around the flank of the retreating Boer Army, but unfortunately in doing so they were surrounded by a larger force of Boers and one of the three squadrons was compelled to surrender. This means that whilst there are 583 Talana clasps to the 18th there are only 396 with the additional Defence of Ladysmith clasp. Clearly Fauvel was in one of the Squadrons under Major - later Colonel - Knox which escaped the encirclement.

The remainder of the 18th joined Sir George White's withdrawal to Ladysmith. They took part in fighting during the defence most notably at Lombard's Kop and Waggon Hill. After the Relief of Ladysmith the 18th, being a mobile cavalry regiment, were heavily engaged in the second phase of the conflict, primarily in the eastern Transvaal under General French. Fauvel survived the fighting and remained in the army after the conclusion of the war, being listed on the 1911 census as a soldier. During the First World War he stood as the next-of-kin for his brother Philip John Fauvel on the latter's attestation documents with the Royal Jersey Garrison Battalion. A copy of his will shows that he was alive on 17 December 1919, still living in Jersey and that he had married one Ada Florence Campbell; sold together with copied medal rolls, census information, two summaries of the 18th Hussars' actions during the Second Boer War and the recipients will.

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Sold for
£600

Starting price
£320