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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 43A

The Queen's South Africa Medal awarded to Private C. Foreman, Devonshire Regiment, who has previously seen action on the North-West Frontier and at Elandslaagte, only to be killed in action on 6 January 1900

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith (4250 Pte. C. Foreman, Devon: Regt.), good very fine

Charles Foreman served with the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on the North-West Frontier of India (Medal & 2 clasps) before joining them in the concentration of forces in South Africa prior to the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War. This unit too part in the fierce battle at Elandslaagte where a British Column was able to overrun a Boer Commando with the Devons playing a crucial role, launching a fierce bayonet charge directly into the heart of the Boer Camp. Despite the victory the rapid Boer advance forced them back to Ladysmith which was soon brought under siege.

During this the Devonshire Regiment manned a number of outposts around the British positions, under constant threat from snipers and artillery. They were heavily involved in the action on 6 January 1900, with one detachment fighting off a diversionary assault on Observation Hill. The rest of the unit then launched a counter attack against the captured British outpost of Wagon Hill, driving the victorious Boers from the summit and re-establishing the defensive line. Tragically Foreman was killed in action during the fighting that day; sold together with copied medal rolls and casualty rolls.

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£800