Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Veterinary Major H. T. W. Mann, Army Veterinary Department

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Vet. Surgn. H. T. W. Mann.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (Vety. Captn., A.V.D.); Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Vet. Maj., A.V.D.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Vet. Major, A.V.D.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Vet. Maj., A.V.D.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (Vet. Capt., A.V.D.) mounted for display, good very fine and better (7) £1800-2200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Veterinary Surgeons and the Army Veterinary Corps.

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Henry Thomas William Mann qualified as a M.R.C.V.S. (London) on 1 April 1880. Entering the Army Veterinary Department, he served in the Egypt Campaign 1882 and present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. He then served in the Dongola Campaign 1896 as Senior Veterinary Officer for the India Contingent to Suakin, May-December 1896. Then on the N.W. Frontier of India he served as Senior Veterinary Officer with the Malakand Field Force. During a night attack in the Bedmanai Pass on 20/21 September 1897 he was wounded - suffering a slight contusion to the head. He also served with the Buner Field Force as Senior Veterinary Officer. For his services he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 22 April 1898). Mann then served in South Africa, March 1900-May 1902, as a Special Service Officer - being the Principle Veterinary Officer with the Rhodesian Field Force. For his services he was mentioned in Lord Robert’s despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901). After the war he returned to England. He died at Milton Dameral, Devon, on 6 June 1912.

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