Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

King’s South Africa 1901-02 (3), 2 clasps (5112 Pte. F. Caduke. 17th. Lancers.; 5682 Pte. J. Hodson. E. Lanc: Regt.; 5545 Pte. G. Skivington. Rifle Brigade.) edge bruising to second, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3) £80-100

Frederick Caduke was born in 1869 in Oxford and attested for the 21st Hussars on 11 April 1892. He served with the Regiment in India from 3 September 1892 until 22 October 1896, and then in Egypt and the Sudan from 23 October 1896 until 3 November 1898 (the Regiment become Lancers in 1897). He transferred to the Army Reserve on 11 April 1899, but was recalled on 20 December 1899, and served with the 17th Lancers in South Africa from 15 February 1900 until 11 February 1902 (entitled to Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Belfast, and Diamond Hill), before finally being discharged on 10 April 1904, after 12 years’ service.

James Henry Hodson was born in 1878 in Blackburn, Lancashire, and attested for the East Lancashire Regiment at Fleetwood, Lancashire, on 1 July 1898, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. He served with the Regiment in South Africa from 13 January 1900 until 15 September 1902 (entitled to Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal), and in India from 25 April 1904 until 26 October 1910, before being discharged on 29 October 1910 after 12 years and 121 days’ service. He re-enlisted for service during the Great War on 24 December 1914, but was discharged as ‘not being likely to become and efficient soldier’ on 26 February 1915, after a further 65 days’ service. He died in Accrington, Lancashire, on 28 November 1948, owing to extensive shock and burns caused by falling upon the fire burning in the kitchen grate of his home.

Edward Skivington was born in 1878 in Liverpool and attested for the Rifle Brigade on 21 February 1898, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales’ Volunteers). He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa from 2 October 1899 until 24 September 1902 (entitled to Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Laing’s Nek, Defence of Ladysmith, and Belfast), before transferring to the Army Reserve on 20 February 1906. He was discharged four years to the day later, after 12 years’ service.