Pair: Lieutenant L.C. Blagden, Kimberley Light Horse, Late Diamond Field Horse, Cape of Good Hope General Service, one clasp, Bechuanaland (Corpl., Diam. F. Horse), locally impressed naming; Queen's South Africa, two clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (Lieut., Kimb. L.H.), very fine or better (2)

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Pair: Lieutenant L.C. Blagden, Kimberley Light Horse, Late Diamond Field Horse, Cape of Good Hope General Service, one clasp, Bechuanaland (Corpl., Diam. F. Horse), locally impressed naming; Queen's South Africa, two clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (Lieut., Kimb. L.H.), very fine or better (2)

Lot Essay

Lieutenant L.C. Blagden was taken prisoner when Klerksdorp in the Western Transvaal was surrendered to the Boers on 25.7.1900.

Klerksdorp had been captured by a party of the Kimberley Mounted Corps under Captain Lambart on 14.6.1900. The Boer leader who surrendered the town was General Andries Cronje who later became the head of the National Scouts. Six weeks later it was retaken by the Boers without much of a fight and 46 of the Kimberley Mounted Corps were taken prisoner. Lieutenant Blagden was kept captive by a wandering Commando and encountered by Lieutenant Webber, Paget's Horse, some two weeks later (See Webber's account of his captivity and escape accompanying Lot 815.)