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A Boer War D.C.M. Group of Three to Sergeant A.T. Cowell, Royal Horse Artillery, Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (5507 Serjt., R.H.A.); Queen's South Africa, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (55017 Sgt., T Bty., R.H.A.); Army Long Service and Good Conduct, E.VII.R. (55017 Sjt., R.H.A.), severe contact wear and bruising, heavily polished, fair to fine (3)

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A Boer War D.C.M. Group of Three to Sergeant A.T. Cowell, Royal Horse Artillery, Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (5507 Serjt., R.H.A.); Queen's South Africa, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (55017 Sgt., T Bty., R.H.A.); Army Long Service and Good Conduct, E.VII.R. (55017 Sjt., R.H.A.), severe contact wear and bruising, heavily polished, fair to fine (3)
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Lot Essay

D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901.

Sergeant A.T. Cowell, D.C.M., was severely wounded at Boschbult on 31.3.1902, while serving in the R.H.A. Mounted Rifles. Early on in the action, he would have faced the 'spirited charge' made by the Boers under Liebenberg, a charge that was brought to 'an abrupt end by a steady volume of fire reserved till the enemy was at point-blank range' from the British concealed in some farm buildings. Later in the day, however, the British came under a Boer 'fire-attack' which was 'hotly sustained from tolerably long ranges but upon a compact target' and caused 'considerable loss' (The Times History of the War In South Africa refers).