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1551

ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: 1827. G. HARRIS. 1-24TH. FOOT.

Clasp: 1879

Condition: VF.

Confirmed on the roll.

SOLD

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1554

ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: 687. BOMBr. T. QUINN.  6th. BDE. ROYAL ARTILLERY.

CLASP: 1879.

CONDITION: VF and BETTER.

Comes with a copy of the roll.

Guns played an important part in the Zulu War, but, as in many colonial wars, their use was one-sided. The Zulus had no artillery, and they made no use of the two guns they captured at Isandlwana. All the main British columns had their guns, and they played a prominent part in the battles and sieges of the war. Some of the guns were obsolete by British Army standards. Nevertheless, the artillery used in the Zulu War tells an interesting story of the changes then under way from breech to muzzle loading, in the use of rockets, and of rapid fire weapons as illustrated by the Gatling Gun.

Second phase of the Zulu Campaign after ISANDHLWANA.
An impressive amount of artillery was now available to Lord Chelmsford. With the reorganization of the forces under his command, the artillery deployment was:
Commander Royal Artillery - Col W.E.M. Reilly,
then Lt Col J.T.B. Brown
1st Division - Maj Gen H.N. Crealock
RA - commanded by Lt Col F.T.A. Law
M/6 Battery (Maj W.H. Sandham)
Six 7 prs
Half O/6 Battery (Maj A.W. Duncan)
Ammunition Column
Section 8/7 Battery (Maj H.L. Ellaby)
Two 7 prs
Section 11/7 Battery (Lt W.N. Lloyd)
Two 7 prs
Naval Brigade (Cdr J.W. Brackenbury)
Three 9 prs
Four Gatlings
Four 24 pr rocket tubes
O/6 Battery was divided between 1st and 2nd Divisions, to provide ammunition columns for both. Note the increased armament of the Naval Brigade.
2nd Division - Maj Gen E. Newdigate
RA - commanded by Lt Col J.T.B. Brown, then Lt Col A. Harness
N/5 Battery (Lt Col A. Harness)
Six 7 prs
N/6 Battery (Maj F.S. le Grice)
Six 9 prs
Half O/6 Battery (Capt R. Alexander)
Ammunition Column

SOLD

$950.00

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1559

SCARCE // BUGLER

SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1855 MEDAL NAMED TO: BUGLER. GEO. ACKERMAN. 1st/Bn. RIFLE Bde.

Condition: VF.

Looks like original ribbon

$1,275.00

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1561

SCARCE // WOUNDED IN THE FIRST BOER WAR

ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: 246. GUNNER. A. HALES. 5th. BRIGADE. ROYAL ARTILLERY.

Clasp: 1877-8-9

Condition: GVF.

Confirmed on the roll.

Comes with research.

Gunner A. Hales served in "N" Battery, 5th Brigade, Royal Artillery during the Zulu War and the 1st Boer War 1880-1881. A detachment of 2 Officers and 70 NCO's and men from the Battery were at Isandhlwana where only 1 Officer and 9 NCO and men survived. The rest of the Battery (c.50 of all ranks), probably including Gunner Hales, was with Chelmsford's column. Four men from the battery were at Rorke's Drift, one of these men, Gunner John Cantwell, was awarded the DCM for his role in the Defence. During the 1st Boer War Gunner Hales was wounded by a gun shot to the left forearm. This wound resulted in him being invalided from the Royal Artillery at the Netley Discharge Depot on the 2nd of May 1881. Gunner Hales served in South Africa with "N" Battery, 5th BDE. for 3 years and 3 months.

SOLD

$3,685.00

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1562

SCARCE TO AN OFFICER //

ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: Lt. C.S. COTTON. 3/60th FOOT. (RIFLE BDE.)

Clasp: 1879.

Condition: GVF with Toning.

Lt. Corbett Stapleton Cotton is mentioned in a Natal Newspaper in March 1879 (The Red Book), as landing with his Regt. in Natal from the "Dublin Castle" so he was with the original landing with his Regt. He Regt. saw action at Gingindlovu on 2nd April 1879 and joined Crelock's First Division during eh second invasion. The Regt. later took part in the search and capture of the Zulu King and when most other Regt's. went home they stayed in South Africa taking part in the 1st Boer War.

Lt. C.S. Cotton is the is the son of Colonel C. Cotton of the 101st Foot from 1873 and of the 1st Batt. of the Royal Munster Fusiliers from 1881. He was the Son of General Sir Willoughby Cotton, GCB. General Cotton was the son of Admiral Roland Cotton.  Admiral Cotton was the son of Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton the 4th Baronet.

The medal roll dated 11/1/82 markes him a 'Depot'

The Battle of Gingindlovu; the British square attacked by the Zulus;
British Infantry and a Gatling Gun in action.

$2,985.00

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1563

A MARINE // SCARCE

ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: "SHAH" G. STEVENSON. PTE. ROYAL MARINE. H.M.S.

Clasp: 1879

Condition: NEF.

Pte. G. Stevenson (46th Co. Royal Marine Light Infantry) enlisted May 24th, 1867.  Honors and Awards: Sept. 1877, awarded LSGC medal and three good conduct badges.

Served on board the H.M.S. Shah during action against the Peruvian turret ironclad the Huascar on May 29, 1877. The battle lasted two hours and forty minutes with H.M.S. firing 241 rounds. (A small piece of Naval/Military history was made during this encounter when H.M.S. Shah fired the first torpedo used in action, managing to launch a "Whitehead" from one of the two carriages at 400 yards. A Gatling gun fired from the Shah and is the first record of the use of this weapon in an engagement at sea.

Pte. G. Stevenson saw action with the Naval Brigade on April 2, 1879, at the battle of Gingindhlovo during the Zulu War. The Marines manned two gatling guns posted in the north corner of the laager.

Comes with research. Records at the P.R.O. ADM 171/40: Medal Roll and ADM 157/588: Attestation Forms.

The Battle of Gingindlovu; the British square attacked by the Zulus;
British Infantry and a Gatling Gun in action manned by Royal Marines.

$1,975.00

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1564

ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: 1244. PTE. J. O'BRIEN. 99th FOOT (IRISH REGT.).

Clasp: 1879.

Condition: NEF.

$1,350.00

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1565

A LANCER //

ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: 1628. PTE. W. DUFF. 17th D.C.O. LANCERS.

Clasp: 1879.

Condition: NEF.

$1,450.00

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1566

SCARCE //

ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: 1848. PTE. J. McLEAN. 1/24TH. FOOT.

Clasp: 1879.

Condition: GVF.

Photo of men from the 24th Foot Zululand

$2,500.00

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1567

ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: 1044. PTE. P. MALLEY. 88TH. FOOT. (IRISH REGT.).

Clasp: 1877-8. (RARE CLASP).

Condition: NEF.

Sold

$1,450.00

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1568

SCARCE //

ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: 1688. PTE. R. GREEN. 2/24TH. FOOT.

Clasp: 1879.

Condition: VF.

Confirmed on the roll.

Photo of men from the 24th Foot Zululand

$2,400.00

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1568

ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: 1444. PTE. E. BRANSON. 1ST. DRAGOON GUARDS.

Clasp: 1879.

Condition: VF.

$1,475.00

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1569

SCARCE TO AN OFFICER //

ZULU MEDAL NAMED TO: CAPTAIN. G.A. WAYMAN. 99th. FOOT.

Clasp: 1879.

Condition: GVF.

$3,450.00

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1570

SOLD

$2,200.00

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1571

$1,650.00