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Auction: 25001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 58

(x) Four: Major C. E. H. Heyman, Royal Artillery who was mentioned in despatches as a Staff Officer for Boer War prisoners

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: C. E. H. Heyman. A/1....); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (Major C. E. H. Heyman. R.A.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Major C. E. H. Heyman. R.G.A.); Khedive's Star, dated 1882, the first with edge bruising and pitting from star and some loss to unit, fine, otherwise good very fine (4)

M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901.

Charles Edward Hamilton Heyman was appointed Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in June 1877, seeing action not long later at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir in 1882. Further advanced Captain in December 1885 he was appointed a Military Instructor at Woolwich in 1888. Promoted Major in May 1895 he served in South Africa during the Anglo Boer War as a Staff Officer with responsibility for Prisoners of War. It was for this latter duty that he was 'mentioned'.

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240