Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Boer War D.C.M. awarded to Private D. Donaghue, West Riding Regiment, who was wounded at Clocolan on 22 December 1900

Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (3439 Pte. D. Donaghue. W. Riding Regt.) extremely fine £1,000-£1,400

D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901; Army Order 15 of 1902.

Abbott states that he was wounded at Clocolan on 22 December 1900 and that he served with the Burma Mounted Infantry, a unit raised from three companies of 100 men from the 2nd Battalions of three regiments then serving in Burma: the Essex Regiment, the Durham Light Infantry and the West Riding Regiment. As they left Rangoon on 24 January 1900 a Burmese lady presented each man with a pink rose, the Burmese emblem of good luck and success.