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Auction: 24113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 185

(x) The Q.S.A. awarded to Private J. Crook, Liverpool Regiment, who was wounded in the action at Geluk Farm on 23 August 1900, which won the Regiment a V.C.

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (3944 Pte J. Crook. L'Pool Regt), good very fine

As the British Army advanced following the Relief of Ladysmith, two companies of the Liverpool Regiment were ambushed at Geluk Farm on 23 August 1900. Surrounded and suffering high losses Private William Heaton volunteered to run the gauntlet of Boer fire and fetch help. This he managed to do successfully rescuing his comrades and preventing what would otherwise have been a humiliating surrender. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, many of his companions including Private Crook were wounded during the fighting.

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£420

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£110