Tribute Medals: Holborn Engine Works

A "new" tribute medal has appeared on eBay. The medal is not in Hibbard's Boer War Tribute Medals: The Definitive Work (Constantia Classics (1982)).

 


The tribute was presented to Ralph Charles P Coulthard who served as Sapper 5861 1st Newcastle Volunteers RE attached to 12 Field Company. He was awarded a QSA with J,DH,Bf,CC,OFS,SA01 clasps, I have not noted the medal for sale. His service papers are catalogued on FindmyPast under number 5858.

Ralph Coulthard was born in St Andrew's, Newcastle in 1880 (or 1882 according to census information), the son of James and Sarah Coulthard. He enlisted for Short Service, one year, to serve in South Africa on January 19th, 1900. He was serving in the Newcastle Volunteers RE.
Ralph was working as a fitter apprenticed to G Gray (or Grey), Holborn Engine Works for five years. Holborn Engine Works made ships engines.

There were 52 men from the Newcastle Volunteers who went out in March 1900 to serve with the 12th Field company RE. They served until May 1901, in that time they served in the Cape Colony, Orange Free State and the Transvaal.

Ralph was awarded the QSA with the clasps: Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, Cape Colony, Orange Free State and South Africa 1901.

Repeated Gallantry: brave veterans of the Anglo-Boer War

During the Anglo-Boer War there were only three gallantry awards available to the Army; Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order and the Distinguished Conduct Medal.

78 Victoria Crosses and 2092 DCMs were awarded. The number of gallantry DSOs has not been calculated and they are excluded here.

Thousands of ABW veterans went on to serve in other wars, notably the First World War. The tables below show the gallantry awards subsequently won by ABW veterans.

Further details on these men are available on The Register.

You can see which ABW veterans went on to win their first gallantry awards (and other orders and campaign medals) using the search in The Research Centre.

VC winners - who subsequently won a second VC (1):

Name	Rank	Number	Unit	Remarks
Martin-Leake, A	Surgeon-Captain		South African Constabulary

DCM winners - who subsequently won an MC (50):

Name	Rank	Number	Unit	Remarks
Acraman, WE	Colour-Sergeant	3070	Grenadier Guards
Axten, S	Sergeant	3172	Cameron Highlanders
Beckett, AC	Corporal	27995	Engineers, Royal
Bell, WC	Lance-Sergeant	6380	Fusiliers, Royal
Belt, CB	Quartermaster Sergeant	2814	South Staffordshire Regiment
Boast, ST	Quartermaster Sergeant	1989	South Lancashire Regiment
Bradley, SGL	Colour-Sergeant	328	Middlesex Rifle Volunteers
Brown, A	Sergeant-Major	2623	Dorset Regiment
Burke, J	Sergeant-Major	43	Dublin Fusiliers
Carney, TP	Drummer	5748	East Yorks Regiment
Chalmers, J	Sergeant	4978	Scottish Rifles
Clarke, AJ	Sergeant	3012	Norfolk Regiment
Collier, A	Sergeant	3513	18th Hussars
Croydon, AC	Colour-Sergeant	4401	Lincolnshire Regiment
Dakin, E	Colour-Sergeant	4649	Royal Lancaster Regiment
Downing, S	Sergeant	2689	Devonshire Regiment
Dunn, JC	Trooper	8376	Imperial Yeomanry
Finney, W	Colour-Sergeant	3154	Manchester Regiment
Forbes, HN	Sergeant	4216	5th Lancers
Harford, CE	Regimental Quartermaster Corporal Major	1284	Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)
Harris, CB	Sergeant	2481	Horse Artillery, Royal
Hazelgrove, A	Drill Sergeant	1703	Grenadier Guards
Hazelwood, J	Colour-Sergeant	4588	South Staffordshire Regiment
Hodgkinson, C	Sergeant	3496	Worcestershire Regiment
Hudson, J	Colour-Sergeant	398	Irish Guards	also awarded bar to DCM
Jones, TA	Colour-Sergeant	3871	Sussex Regiment
Langrish, W	Sergeant	3433	Scottish Rifles
Leavens, FC	Sergeant	3254	East Surrey Regiment
MacWhinnie, NH	Sergeant	5177	King's Own Scottish Borderers
Marsden, WH	Lance-Sergeant	4956	Shropshire Light Infantry
Moncrieffe, JA	Sergeant	252	Imperial Yeomanry
Moore, J	Sergeant	4204	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Nicholl, RA	Corporal	26794	Engineers, Royal
Parker, EA	Sergeant-Major	1726	Welsh Fusiliers, Royal
Pepper, AL	Colour-Sergeant	2624	Norfolk Regiment
Percy, HJ	Colour-Sergeant	3046	East Surrey Regiment
Reid, W	Quartermaster Sergeant	3479	Inniskilling Fusiliers
Richardson, JT	Quartermaster Sergeant	2547	Norfolk Regiment
Roberts, FG	Colour-Sergeant	4930	Scots Fusiliers, Royal
Ross, T	Sergeant-Major	8322	Scots Guards
Rouse, AW	Sergeant-Major	5365	Berkshire Regiment
Routh, PG	Sergeant	314	Strathcona's Horse
Scaife, J	Corporal	2622	Gloucester Regiment
Seaton, W	Colour-Sergeant	4440	Derbyshire Regiment
Shea, JPL	Colour-Sergeant	4236	Durham Light Infantry
Simpson, W	Colour-Sergeant	6867	King's Own Scottish Borderers
Watts, AF	Sergeant	87933	Field Artillery, Royal
Wenham, E	Sergeant	9283	King's Royal Rifle Corps
White, EO	Colour-Sergeant	2877	Border Regiment
Withers, J	Corporal	3250	Leicestershire Regiment

DCM winners - who subsequently won a bar to the DCM (16):

Name	Rank	Number	Unit	Dated Bar
Boyd, W	Private	3493	Middlesex Regiment	'14th JUNE 1915'
Burley, JE	Lance-Corporal	4	West Australian MI
Carney, TP	Drummer	5748	East Yorks Regiment
Cownie, S	Private	6411	Royal Scots	Also won an MM
Howells, A	Private	5771	South Wales Borderers
Hudson, J	Colour-Sergeant	398	Irish Guards	'10th -11th AUGUST 1915', also awarded MC
Hudson, WG	Sergeant	2208	Devonshire Regiment
Lawn, JW	Private	5516	King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry	'29th SEPTEMBER 1915'
MacDonald, A	Drummer	4938	Hampshire Regiment	'19th OCTOBER 1914'
MacKie, JD	Colour-Sergeant	1980	Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
MacKinnon, A	Sergeant	2541	Cameron Highlanders	'25th-27th SEPT. 1915'
McIntyre, WL	Colour-Sergeant	2794	Highland Light Infantry	'30th JULY 1915'
Noble, A	Colour-Sergeant	3042	Durham Light Infantry	'31st JULY 1915'
Shields, W	Gunner	95011	Garrison Artillery, Royal	'28TH JANUARY 1916'
Skinner, J	Colour-Sergeant	4853	Seaforth Highlanders
Wing, FW	Sergeant	3802	5th Lancers

DCM winners - who subsequently won an MM (3):

Name	Rank	Number	Unit	Remarks
Cownie, S	Private	6411	Scots, Royal	Also won a second bar to the DCM
Donnelly, JP	Private	3269	East Yorks Regiment
Holmes, W	Sergeant	5433	Dublin Fusiliers