Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Lieutenant H. V. Ramsay, Honourable Artillery Company, late City of London Imperial Volunteers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (D147 Drvr: H. V. Ramsey, C.I.V.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (50 Bmbr: H. V. Ramsey. H.A.C.) with H.A.C. ribbon, nearly extremely fine (2) £450-500

Harry Victor Ramsey served with the C.I.V. in South Africa as a Driver in “B” Battery, H.A.C. He departed the U.K. on 12 July 1900, with the reinforcing draft on the Ulstermore, and joined the battery on 12 August at Smalldeel in the northern Transvaal. The battery was inspected at Pretoria by Lord Roberts on the 15th and, on the following day, left as part of General Pagets Brigade to proceed north towards Pietersburg. The battery was on the move for six weeks before rejoining the C.I.V. in Pretoria on 26 September. The C.I.V. departed South Africa for England on 7 October 1900 and Ramsey now joined the Imperial Yeomanry as a trooper in the 118th Company, 25th Battalion (Sharpshooters). In April 1902 the Company sailed from Cape Town to Port Nolloth and marched to the relief of Ookiep, encountering severe fighting on the way. He was afterwards at Concordia until peace was signed and returned to England in August 1902. Ramsey served with “B” Battery H.A.C. in Egypt from April to September 1915, and was commissioned in July 1916. Lieutenant Ramsey died in hospital on 5 August 1918 and is buried in Luton Church Burial Ground, Bedfordshire. His Medal Index Card shows that only a 1914-15 Star was issued. Sold with research.