Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Saddler Sergeant H. Winton, 21st Lancers, late 3rd Dragoon Guards, who took part in the celebrated Charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3032. Sad. Sgt: H. Winton. 21/L’crs.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Sdlr: Sjt: H. Winton. 21/Lancers); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1117. Saddr. H. Winton. 3rd. Dn. Gds.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3023 [sic] S. Serg H. Winton 21st. Lcrs.) contemporarily engraved naming in the usual Regimental style, surname partially corrected on last, good very fine (4) £2,400-£2,800

H. Winton served with the 21st Lancers in the Sudan, and is confirmed as having taken part in the famous Charge at Omdurman as part of Captain W. M. Doyne’s “C” Squadron on 2 September 1898. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, together with an Annuity of £10, on 8 July 1910, and died in 1922.