Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Guide W. Fielders, Intelligence Department, late Honey’s Scouts, who was mentioned in despatches for his gallantry in the Boer War

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Troopr. W. Fielders, H.S.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Belfast (Guide W. Fielders, Intell. Dept.), good very fine and better (2) £1200-1500

Fielders is confirmed as one of just nine members of Honey’s Scouts to receive the British South Africa Company’s Medal for the Rhodesia 1896 operations, a small contingent of the unit having joined Alderson’s force at Beira in modern day Mozambique. Of his subsequent services in the Boer War as a Guide in the Intelligence Department, he is specifically cited for ‘gallantry’ in the London Gazette of 6 April 1901, his name appearing under a heading for Civil (British South Africa Territories): ‘Mr. W. Fielders of Bulawayo (gallantry)’; well worthy of further research.