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Auction archive: Lot number 109

(x) The impressive and well-documented

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£1,600 - £1,800
ca. US$2,000 - US$2,250
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Auction archive: Lot number 109

(x) The impressive and well-documented

Reserve
£1,600 - £1,800
ca. US$2,000 - US$2,250
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

(x) The impressive and well-documented 'Jameson Raider's' group of five to Driver L. C. Kennedy, Royal Australian Artillery, late Kitchener's Horse and Matabele Mounted Police, who rode in Jameson's notorious raid through Transvaal and is mentioned in the diary of Major White, Jameson's Chief of Staff Serving as a Maxim Gunner during the 1896 Matabele Rebellion, he fought at the decisive action in the Umlugulu Valley. During the Second Boer War he served with Kitchener's Horse, before emigrating to Australia. He re-enlisted into the First Australian Imperial Force, and was posted to the Gallipoli theatre during the Great War British South Africa Company's Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Tpr. L. C. Kennedy. M. R. F.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, South Africa 1901 (3324 Tpr L. C. Kennedy. Kitchener's H.); 1914-15 Star (573 Dvr. L. C. Kennedy. 1/F.A. Bde. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (573 Dvr. L. C. Kennedy 1/F.A. Bde. A.I.F.), the first with light contact marks, overall very fine, mounted as worn (5) The British South Africa Company's Medal is an official replacement, confirmed as having been awarded to Kennedy in 1908. He lost his original Medal in 1905, while taking part in The Duke of Connaught's Review. Leslie Coleridge Kennedy was born at 26 Walton Road, Kirkdale, Lancashire on 8 January 1876, the son of a physician. He enlisted into the Matabele Mounted Police at Cape Town in October 1895, and was encamped at Pitsani on the Bechuanaland/Transvaal border one month later, when Dr. Leander Starr Jameson began recruiting for a raid into Transvaal. The discovery of gold at Johannesburg in 1884 had caused an influx of British settlers into the Boer territory of Transvaal. The Boers responded by protecting their gold mines with trade restrictions, and limiting the voting rights of non-Boers. The British Colonial Secretary, Joseph Chamberlain and the President of Cape Colony, Cecil Rhodes, drew up plans for a martial show of force to deter Paul Kruger's government from further discriminating against 'Uitlanders' (outsiders). Some 600 men, including The Matabele Mounted Police, were placed under the command of Dr. Jameson, whose orders were to support an anticipated Uitlander uprising in Johannesburg. When the uprising never transpired, Rhodes sent an urgent telegram to Jameson, ordering him to stand down. It was too late. During the early hours of 29 December, the Jameson Raid began. The nominal roll of the Jameson Raiders (TNA, CO 179/193) confirms Kennedy as having entered the Transvaal as a member of 'C' Troop, Matabele Mounted Police. Jameson hoped for a 3-day dash to Johannesburg, before the Boer commandos could mobilise. To cover his tracks, he ordered all telegraph wires to be cut. Unfortunately, the telegraph wires to the Boer capital of Pretoria remained intact, enabling the Boers to track Jameson's movements from the moment he crossed the border. The Raiders were fired upon by a Boer outpost at 6 a.m. on 1 January. Six hours later, having advanced twenty miles, they fought a sharp skirmish with Boer marksmen in entrenched positions at Krugersdorp. They withdrew south-east in an attempt to outflank the Boers, but were confronted by a far larger force waiting for them at Doornkop. After an initial firefight in which thirty Raiders were killed, Jameson saw the hopelessness of his situation and surrendered. His entire column was imprisoned by the Boers at Pretoria, with international repercussions. The German Kaiser, sympathetic to the Boer cause, sent a telegram to Paul Kruger congratulating him on his success. Kennedy was briefly imprisoned by the Boers, before being deported to England. His name appears on a list of deported Raiders compiled at the time (TNA, CO 179/193). He sailed aboard S.S. Harlech Castle on 24 January 1896, along with many other 'Mounted Policemen', and is mentioned on the ship's passenger list, which incorrectly g

Auction archive: Lot number 109
Auction:
Datum:
24 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Spink
Spink London
Beschreibung:

(x) The impressive and well-documented 'Jameson Raider's' group of five to Driver L. C. Kennedy, Royal Australian Artillery, late Kitchener's Horse and Matabele Mounted Police, who rode in Jameson's notorious raid through Transvaal and is mentioned in the diary of Major White, Jameson's Chief of Staff Serving as a Maxim Gunner during the 1896 Matabele Rebellion, he fought at the decisive action in the Umlugulu Valley. During the Second Boer War he served with Kitchener's Horse, before emigrating to Australia. He re-enlisted into the First Australian Imperial Force, and was posted to the Gallipoli theatre during the Great War British South Africa Company's Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Tpr. L. C. Kennedy. M. R. F.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, South Africa 1901 (3324 Tpr L. C. Kennedy. Kitchener's H.); 1914-15 Star (573 Dvr. L. C. Kennedy. 1/F.A. Bde. A.I.F.); British War and Victory Medals (573 Dvr. L. C. Kennedy 1/F.A. Bde. A.I.F.), the first with light contact marks, overall very fine, mounted as worn (5) The British South Africa Company's Medal is an official replacement, confirmed as having been awarded to Kennedy in 1908. He lost his original Medal in 1905, while taking part in The Duke of Connaught's Review. Leslie Coleridge Kennedy was born at 26 Walton Road, Kirkdale, Lancashire on 8 January 1876, the son of a physician. He enlisted into the Matabele Mounted Police at Cape Town in October 1895, and was encamped at Pitsani on the Bechuanaland/Transvaal border one month later, when Dr. Leander Starr Jameson began recruiting for a raid into Transvaal. The discovery of gold at Johannesburg in 1884 had caused an influx of British settlers into the Boer territory of Transvaal. The Boers responded by protecting their gold mines with trade restrictions, and limiting the voting rights of non-Boers. The British Colonial Secretary, Joseph Chamberlain and the President of Cape Colony, Cecil Rhodes, drew up plans for a martial show of force to deter Paul Kruger's government from further discriminating against 'Uitlanders' (outsiders). Some 600 men, including The Matabele Mounted Police, were placed under the command of Dr. Jameson, whose orders were to support an anticipated Uitlander uprising in Johannesburg. When the uprising never transpired, Rhodes sent an urgent telegram to Jameson, ordering him to stand down. It was too late. During the early hours of 29 December, the Jameson Raid began. The nominal roll of the Jameson Raiders (TNA, CO 179/193) confirms Kennedy as having entered the Transvaal as a member of 'C' Troop, Matabele Mounted Police. Jameson hoped for a 3-day dash to Johannesburg, before the Boer commandos could mobilise. To cover his tracks, he ordered all telegraph wires to be cut. Unfortunately, the telegraph wires to the Boer capital of Pretoria remained intact, enabling the Boers to track Jameson's movements from the moment he crossed the border. The Raiders were fired upon by a Boer outpost at 6 a.m. on 1 January. Six hours later, having advanced twenty miles, they fought a sharp skirmish with Boer marksmen in entrenched positions at Krugersdorp. They withdrew south-east in an attempt to outflank the Boers, but were confronted by a far larger force waiting for them at Doornkop. After an initial firefight in which thirty Raiders were killed, Jameson saw the hopelessness of his situation and surrendered. His entire column was imprisoned by the Boers at Pretoria, with international repercussions. The German Kaiser, sympathetic to the Boer cause, sent a telegram to Paul Kruger congratulating him on his success. Kennedy was briefly imprisoned by the Boers, before being deported to England. His name appears on a list of deported Raiders compiled at the time (TNA, CO 179/193). He sailed aboard S.S. Harlech Castle on 24 January 1896, along with many other 'Mounted Policemen', and is mentioned on the ship's passenger list, which incorrectly g

Auction archive: Lot number 109
Auction:
Datum:
24 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Spink
Spink London
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