Orders, Decorations and Medals

Six: Regimental Sergeant-Major Samuel Hamley Reynard, Cape Town Highlanders, late Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (95 R. Sjt. Maj., C.T. Highrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (95 R.S. Major, C.T. Highrs.); British War Medal 1914-20 (R.S.M., R.S.); Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (8830 Cr. Sgt., D. of Corn. L.I.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, E.VII.R. (R.S. Maj., D.C.S.O. C.T. Hdrs.) mounted court style for wear, some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £340-380

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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Samuel Hamley Reynard was born in Chester and enlisted into the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 26 July 1862, aged 14 years. With them he served in India, July 1866-November 1868. In July 1877 he was transferred to the Permanent Staff of the 4th Royal Lancashire Militia as a Sergeant, and was promoted to Colour Sergeant in July 1878. He transferred to the South Lancashire Regiment in September 1882. As Colour Sergeant in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry he was awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. by A.O. 287 of November 1882. He was tried and sentenced to reduction for an offence in September 1883. As a Private he attained the rank of Corporal in December 1884. After serving in South Africa, June 1884-October 1886, he took his discharge and settled there. Joining the Volunteers, he served 4 years with the Prince Alfred’s Guard at Port Elizabeth; 3 years as an Instructor in the Knysna Rangers, and finally 17 years with the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn’s Own Cape Town Highlanders. He was promoted to R.S.M. in January 1901 and served in the Second Boer War. At the time of the Coronation in 1902, he formed part of the contingent sent to England, being one of 10 Cape Town Highlanders to be selected. Reynard was awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, this published in the Cape of Good Hope Government Gazette of 16 August 1907. He resigned from the volunteers on 1 January 1911. During the Great War Reynard was on the Recruiting Staff, a Pensioner at the time, his address being ‘Asylum, Port Alfred, Cape Province’. Sold with copied research and copied photograph.