Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Tpr: G. T. Bowman, 1st. Mil: Res: Estcourt Div.) extremely fine £140-£180

The 1st Estcourt Militia Reserves were commanded by Chief Leader A. F. Henderson, C.M.G., who had commanded the Hlubi Troop, Natal Native Horse during the Zulu War, where he was one of the few survivors of the massacre at Isandhlwana, and later, with the Field Intelligence Department, took part in the Defence of Ladysmith during the Boer War, for which service he was created a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. As Chief Leader of the 1st Estcourt Militia Reserves during the Natal Rebellion, he was described as ‘a hale hearty old gentleman, who despite his years is as eager now as he was in the full vigour of his youth in pursuing the work he was taken up.’

Approximately 105 medals with clasp awarded to the 1st Estcourt Militia Reserves.