Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Captain P. F. B. Hawes, Border Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., 1/Border Rgt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt., Bord. Rgt.) very fine (2) £240-280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Brigadier Brian Parritt, C.B.E..

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Percy Frederick Brunel Hawes was born on 8 October 1871. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Border Regiment on 21 January 1893 and promoted to Lieutenant on 16 January 1896. He served in the Boer War with the 1st Battalion and took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, April-May 1900; Transvaal, June 1900; the Transvaal east of Pretoria, July 1900; the Transvaal east of Pretoria, July-November 1900, and in other operations in Transvaal from December 1900. On 15 July 1902 he was advanced to Captain. Post-war he qualified on the Linguist Course and Ordnance Course and was attached to the Army Ordnance Department. Placed on Half Pay on 21 July 1908, he retired from the Army as a Captain on 14 August 1914. A contemporary Border Regiment Diary from South Africa describes him as ‘An exceptional character. Brought up in France he was nicknamed “Johnnie”. He had a stock of French songs and anecdotes and was good at “al fresco” singsongs’. Sold with some copied research.