Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Boer War D.C.M. pair awarded to Lance-Sergeant H. Dandy, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Mounted Infantry

Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (5427 Corpl: H. Dandy. L.N. Lanc: Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5427 Corpl: H. Dandy. L.N. Lanc: Regt. M.I.) unofficial rivets between state and date clasps, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £1200-1600

Provenance: J. B. Hayward, May 1979.

D.C.M. London Gazette 31 October 1902.

Herbert Dandy was born in Warrington, Lancashire, in 1878, and attested for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at Chester on 6 January 1897. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he served with the Mounted Infantry in Malta from 2 October to 17 December 1900, and with the Regiment in South Africa from 5 January 1901 until 16 September 1902, transferring to the 1st Battalion on 1 September 1901. Promoted Corporal on 30 November 1901, for his gallantry in South Africa he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £20 payable on discharge or transfer to the Army Reserve. Appointed Lance-Sergeant on 1 December 1902, he transferred to the Army Reserve on 12 November 1904, and was discharged on 5 January 1909, after 12 years’ service.

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment were awarded 17 D.C.M.s for the Boer War, of which 5 were to the Mounted Infantry.