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Auction: 23003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 78

The campaign group of three awarded to Colonel T. W. O'H. Hamilton, Royal Army Medical Corps, who was awarded a C.M.G. and a 'mention' for his services in the Boer War

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Major T. W. O'H. Hamilton. M.B, C.M.G, R.A.M.C.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj. T. W. O'H. Hamilton. M.B. C.M.G. R.A.M.C.); Coronation 1911 (Lt. Col. T. W. O'H. Hamilton. C.M.G., M.B., R.A.M.C.), this last with privately engraved naming, very fine (3)

[C.M.G.] London Gazette 27 September 1901.

Thomas William O'Hora Hamilton was born on 24 May 1860 at Aldershot, Hampshire. He was educated at King's Scool, Canterbury and then went over to Trinity College, Dublin where he gained a Bachelor of Arts followed by a Bachelor of Medicine. He qualified as a Surgeon and was appointed Surgeon Captain with the Army Medical Service on 3 February 1883. Hamilton married in 1891, Hannah, the daughter of Charles de Gallye Lamotte, M.D., of the Cloisters, Sunderland. He was promoted Surgeon Major on 3 February 1895, on which date he transferred as a Major into the Royal Army Medical Corps.

With the outbrak of the Second Boer War, Hamilton saw service in South Africa from 1899, and was present during the Relief of Kimberely and operations in the Orange Free State from February to May 1900, including the action at Paardeberg on 17-26 February 1900, the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein and Zand River. Then present during the operations in the Transvaal in May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill between 11-12 June 1900. He was then present on further operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, between July and 29 November 1900, including the actions at Belfast on 26-27 August 1900. Hamilton was also present on operations in the Cape Colony, south of Orange River during 1899 to 1900, including the actions at Colesberg from 14 February to 3 February 1900. Hamilton was 'mentioned' (London Gazette 16 April 1901, refers) and appointed a C.M.G. for his services in the Boer War.

On his return from South Africa Hamilton was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 3 February 1903. He received the Coronation Medal for 1911 and was placed on Retired Pay on 4 November 1911, but was then re-employed on Home Service during the Great War from 5 August 1914. Hamilton died on 22 April 1918.


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£550

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