Orders, Decorations and Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (5517 Pte. J. D. Hindle, 2nd Dragoon Gds.) good very fine £120-140

Severely wounded at Leeuwkop on 1 April 1902. A disastrous action for the Queen’s Bays who attempted to capture a Boer laager, only to find that they were heavily outnumbered. In the face of heavy fire and close fighting that went on for several hours, they lost two squadron leaders and 10 N.C.O’s and men killed, and 5 officers and 59 men wounded.