The Allan and Janet Woodliffe Collection of Medals Relating to the Reconquest and Pacification of the Sudan

The Haynes Medal awarded to 2nd Lieutenant E. M. Sinauer, Royal Engineers, who served on the South Kordofan expedition in 1910 and later won the O.B.E. and M.C. during the Great War

School of Military Engineering Haynes Medal 1898, by F. Bowcher, obverse: bust of the officer facing right, ‘Captain A. E. Haynes, R.E., 1861-96’; a bridged chasm in high relief, ‘Field Fortification S.M.E.’ (2nd Lieut. E. M. Sinauer, R.E., 1906), 56mm., bronze, in fitted case of issue, extremely fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Allan and Janet Woodliffe Collection of Medals relating to the Reconquest and Pacification of The Sudan 1896-1956.

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Ex Spencer Collection, D.N.W. 6 July 2004.

The Haynes Medal was named after Captain A. E. Haynes, R.E., who as a junior officer was selected by Colonel Charles Warren to accompany him on the Palmer Search Expedition in 1882 and in the Bechuanaland Expedition of 1884-85. He was Assistant Instructor in Survey at the School of Military Engineering from 1889 to 1894. In 1896, while taking the 43rd Company to Mauritius, he with his company joined the Matabeleland Expedition. Haynes was killed in the successful attack on the Matabele stronghold. A subscription was raised by his family in order to erect a monument in Rochester Cathedral. The balance of the fund was used to provide bronze medals. A medal was awarded to an officer in each batch of young officers after going through the course of fieldworks, the nomination being made by the Commandant. A medal was also given to the sapper in each batch of recruits, best qualified in fieldworks, after going through the recruits’ course in that subject. The nomination being made by the Officer Commanding the Training Battalion. The first medals were awarded in 1902.

Esmond Moreton Sinauer was born on 8 August 1885 and entered the Royal Engineers as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1905. Promoted Lieutenant in 1908, he was employed with the Egyptian Army, January 1908-December 1912, serving in South Kordofan during 1910, for which he was awarded the Khedive’s Sudan Medal with clasp. Promoted to the rank of Captain in 1914, he served throughout the Great War. For his services he was awarded the Military Cross (London Gazette 3 June 1916) and was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 22 June 1915 & 7 July 1919), received the 1914 Star with clasp, British War and Victory Medals and held the rank of Acting-Major, 9 May 1917-5 December 1918. After the war he was employed at the War Office as Deputy Assistant Director of Railways and Roads, June 1919-January 1921. Promoted to Major in 1922, he was employed as Deputy Assistant Director of Fortifications and Works at the War Office from March 1922.

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