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Auction: 9022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 65

x Pair: Lieutenant H.R. Tate, Supply and Transport Corps Ashanti 1900, 1st high relief type, no clasp (Mr: H.R. Tate. A.F.F.); Africa General Service 1902-56, E.VII.R., two clasps, Jubaland, East Africa 1904 (Lieut: H.R. Tate, S.&T.C.), light contact marks, therefore very fine or better, Scarce to European Officers (2) Estimate £ 600-800 Lieutenant Harry Russell Tate, educated at Sherborne School; appointed Assistant Collector, East African Protectorate, December 1897; served as Officer in Charge, East African Transport, Ashanti Field Force, August 1900; was present in the operations against the Ogaden Somalis under Colonel T.P.B. Ternan, Manchester Regiment, 16.4.1900-30.4.1901; he served as Political Officer on the Iraini Patrol under Captain F.A. Dickinson, 13.2.1904-17.4.1904, ´´This was a punitive expedtion against another section of the Kikuyu tribe called the Irryeni or Iraini and the Embu tribe as a result of frequent murders of friendly natives. The expedition was commanded by Capain F.A. Dickinson and comprised 5 officers, 135 rifles of the 3 K.A.R., 60 police and 300 Masai levies. The force operated from bases at Nyeri and Fort Hall into the Gutu and Embu areas. Lt. R. Meinertzhagen´´s ´´Kenya Diary´´ is critical of the commander and quotes his instructions as ´´Never mind my orders, just carry on and don´´t worry too much, I´´ll back you up in anything you do.´´ Lt. Branker left Nyeri with Tate as Political Officer, and Meinertzhagen set out with a Political Officer called Humphrey from Fort Hall with 60 rifles and 250 Masai levies. In all, over 11,000 stock were captured at the cost of 3 men killed and 33 wounded. The number of enemy killed was estimated at 797 Kikuyu and about 250 Embu. These presumably included an Embu spy who was found disguised as a porter in one of the camps, immediately he was tried by court martial, found guilty and shot only fifteen minutes after capture.´´ (African General Service Medals, R.B. Magor, refers).

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