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  Small collection of POW groups. ** REGIONAL ADMIN. AWARD & CERT. OF MERIT. *A RECOMMENDED POST

  By azyeoman · Posted 50 minutes ago

  C.M.G., Companion’s, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, D.S.O. (VR), Q.S.A., 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Major Imp: Yeo:), K.S.A., 2 clasps, S.A.1901, S.A.1902 (Major Imp. Yeo.) Lieutenant-Colonel J. F. Humby, D.S.O., Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, late commanding Dublin Imperial Yeomanry (Note: The D.S.O. is a fine, contemporary jewelers copy. The suspension is original and presumably the original badge parted company at some point.) Mounted for wear prior to the issue of his Great War medals   C.M.G. London Gazette 3 June 1916. Entitled to a '15 Star Trio and MID emblem as Lt. Col. of the Sherwood Foresters. He landed in France on 30/08/1915.   D.S.O. London Gazette 31 October 1902: ‘James Frederick Humby, Captain, 8th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry; Major, 3rd Battalion the Royal Irish Rifles. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa. M.I.D. L.G. 15/11/1901 (Kitchener’s dispatch 8/10/1901 “The 74th (Irish) Squadron, ‘Imperial Yeomanry, under Captain Humby, behaved with great gallantry and determination. Though outnumbered by 400 Boers, who surrounded the convoy, and pressed to close •quarters, our men held their ground and offered such a stubborn resistance, that at nightfall the enemy abandoned the attack and withdrew. On the following day Captain Humby, who did not lose a single wagon, took his convoy safely into Griquatown, but his losses were extremely heavy. Nine men of the escort were killed, and 2 Officers and 21men were wounded.’ It was described as ‘At this point the reputation of the Imperial Yeomanry was once again saved by the outstanding bravery displayed by one of its units in the field, the gallant defense of a convoy at Rooikopjes, outside Griquatown, by men of the 74th (Dublin) Company on 24th August 1901. The two-mile-long convoy was transporting food to the remote town of Griquatown in the north-west of Cape Colony, which was surrounded by Boer commandos and in urgent need of supplies. The convoy was escorted by the 100 strong 74th Company, commanded by a Captain James Humby, who had himself been taken prisoner at Lindley the previous year. When the convoy was attacked by several hundred Boers, Captain Humby quickly laagered the wagons. At the same time, he ordered the Irish yeomanry to seize a ridge which overlooked the convoy and provide covering fire. This they did, holding it throughout the whole of the following night, during which they were involved in intense close- quarter fighting. During the defense of the convoy, the Dublin Company lost 7 men killed and 25 wounded, two of the wounded later dying.’   The Lindley Affair, the Capture of the 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry by the Boers. The 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, with two Colt guns, comprised the 47th Company (the Duke of Cambridge’s Own) under Capt C S Keith and the three Irish companies: the 46th under Capt R A Maude, the 54th under Capt J F Humby, and the 45th under Capt the Earl of Longford. After holding Lindley for 4 days against superior Boer odds and well capable of holding pending the arrival of a relief column the position fell by strange circumstance. Between the two koppies was a small post of a few men, one of whom decided to raise the white flag as a token of surrender. This man was shot by his comrades. Reinforcements from the 54th Company arrived, but it was too late to save the position. With the southern koppie already in Boer hands, Lt Robin, under the mistaken notion that he was bound by the white flag of his subordinate, ordered a ceasefire. This brought the valley in which the transport was parked into Boer hands. The remainder of the British position became untenable. Seeing the futility of further effort, Colonel Spragge also surrendered. Lord Longford, with the 45th Company to the north, and Capt Maude, with the 46th Company in the west, held out for a little longer but they too finally surrendered. All firing ceased at about 14.00.   Originally Humby was held prisoner along with the other officers and men of the 13th were held at Airlie POW camp. On 13 August 1900 due to the awful conditions some 1,700 British prisoners were freed by Gen B.J. Viljoen. The 47 officers however were held and transported to Barberton. Humby is recorded as escaped at Nooitgedacht (some 120 miles from Barberton whilst presumably on route) on the 30th August, 1900.   M.I.D. London Gazette 15 June 1916.   James Frederick Humby was born on 21 July 1860, son of Fred Peter Humby, of Southbroom, Devizes, Wiltshire. Educated in Paris, he joined the 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, as Second Lieutenant, in 1891, and became Captain in 1896. He served in the South African War, 1900-2; commanded the 54th (Ulster) Imperial Yeomanry from February 1900. He took part in the operations in Orange Free State, February to May 1900; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 29 November 1900; operations in Orange River Colony and Cape Colony 30 November 1900 to 31 May 1902. He was taken prisoner at Lindley with the 13th Battalion, but escaped 30 August 1900. He became Major in 1901, and commanded the 74th (Dublin) Imperial Yeomanry from June 1901; 8th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry from May 1902. He was twice mentioned in dispatches; received the Queen’s Medal with four clasps; the King’s Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order. Lieutenant Colonel J. F. Humby served in the European War in command of the 12th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment in France from 30 August 1915, and was created a C.M.G. in 1916 for his services, and personally decorated by King GV. During WWII he lived at Lamorna Cottage in Goldsithney, Cornwall. He died at age 83 in June 1943 and was buried in Perranuthnoe Parish Cemetery. The funeral was attended by members of the British Legion; Humby was Chairman of the Ruishp Branch. He had married Betha Elizabeth Rich-Jones (18/10/1861) in 1883 in Bradford upon Avon, and they had a daughter Moireen Freda Humby born in 1904. He was the son of Frederick Peter Humby (1833-1882) who was a brewer and Mary Ann Macklin. Interestingly, he was educated in Paris. Upon his father’s death, he and his brother took over the business and expanded it, then sold it to Wardworths in 1889 upon his brother’s death. He moved to Staffored, Stafffordshire with his money in 1890 where he purchased a new brewery. He was also elected as a member of the Conservative Party to be Mayer of Devizes in 1888 and 1889. This is a story of a family that rose through hard work and investments. His grandfather was a blacksmith, his father was a publican who then became a brewer. He married a farmer’s daughter and they had three daughters and two sons; James Frederick was obviously well educated, hardworking and courageous, and according to his obituary, he was a congenial man who took a sincere interest in veterans.
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  Real eBay Items

  By VtwinVince · Posted 6 hours ago

  I saw that one, the way the EK hangs looked weird to me.
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  Algeria: Operational Field Detachment 34/540

  By No one · Posted 7 hours ago

  Dear Gentlemen,   The insignia of the Operational Field Detachment 34/540 "Ouargla" (Détachement de Terrain Opérationnel 34/540 "Ouargla" - D.T.O. 34/540), homologué A 701 in 1957, Drago Paris:     Yours sincerely, No one
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  Algeria: Overseas Group 86

  By No one · Posted 7 hours ago

  Dear Gentlemen,   Presentation of the insignia of the Overseas Group 86 "Grands Ergs" (Groupe d’Outre-Mer 86 "Grands Ergs" - GOM 86), homologué A 724 on June 15, 1957, A.Augis 28. Mee St Barthelemy Lyon:     Created on July 01, 1955 by the merger of the overseas squadron 86 "Hoggar" (EOM 86) and the overseas squadron 87 "Tanezrouft" (EOM 87), based in Blida, was disbanded on July 31, 1963.         Yours sincerely, No one
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  Something that annoys me

  By Eiserne Wehr · Posted 9 hours ago

  It is dreadful to see but we do not have any influence on this behaviour which is clearly motivated by greed. Over the two decades i have been collecting WWI photos/postcards and following basically everything German military related photos that is being sold i have seen countless albums being ripped apart and sold per page. Even worse are the cases where the photos being cut out from the album pages where you can still see some of the album paper and some handwritten text(hardly ever with the full text) around it and the photo on the other side is cut in half and thus destroyed. In the past it would bring my mood down seeing this happen but now i just accept it for what it is and only hope most of the separated pages end up with the same buyer. Having photos being out of context is sad but whenever you buy a photo the chance it comes from a collection of photos or even an album is pretty high.