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About Henry Daniel Maxwell Barnett
- Attended St Andrew's College, Grahamstown. Played rugby for 1st XV in 1889.
- Enrolled Cape Mounted Police 12/3/1890.
- Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal, L/Cpl Barnett HDM, Bechuanaland (1896/97) clasp.
- Non-Fatal Casualties, Barnett HDM, Royston's Horse, Tpr, Wounded 03-06-06, Manzipambana, Cpl on Roll.
- Served in South West Africa campaign during World War I.
- Death notice: Died at residence in Somerset East.
https://www.dnw.co.uk/auction-archive/lot-archive/lot.php?departmen... Lot 194 Date of Auction: 17th May 2016 Sold for £1,800 Estimate: £800 - £1,000 Seven: Regimental Sergeant-Major H. D. M. Barnett, Cradock Commando, late Cape police and Royston’s Horse, a scarce casualty of the 1906 Zulu rebellion
Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (287 Lce. Cpl. H. D. M. Barnett. C. Pol.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (287 Serjt: H. D. M. Barnett. Cape P.D. 1.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (287 Serjt: H. D. M. Barnett. C.P. Dist. 1.); Natal 1906, clasp, 1906 (Cpl. H. D. M. Barnett, Royston’s Horse); 1914-15 Star (Sjt. H. D. M. Barnett Cradock Cdo.); British War and bi-lingual Victory Medals (R.S.M. H. D. M. Barnett. Cradock Cdo.) contact marks, generally very fine (7) £800-1000
Footnote Corporal H. D. M. Barnett was wounded above the heart on 3 June 1906 when a small party of Royston’s Horse was attacked by 300 rebels in the Manzipambana valley. The levies deserted and, after repeated charges, Royston’s Horse lost 5 men killed and 10 wounded. The rebels lost about 150 killed.
Henry Daniel Maxwell Barnett served in Cradock Commando during the campaign in Greman South-West Africa as Sergeant from 19 August 1914 to 8 April 1915, and thereafter as Regimental Sergeant-Major until 17 May 1915. Sold with copied record of service, m.i.c. and three copied photographs of Cradock Commando during the war.
Henry Daniel Maxwell Barnett's Timeline
1872 |
October 30, 1872
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Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1917 |
October 15, 1917
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Somerset East, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1921 |
August 6, 1921
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Somerset East, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1925 |
1925
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1925
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Somerset East, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1927 |
October 12, 1927
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Somerset East, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1930 |
March 24, 1930
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Somerset East, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1936 |
June 30, 1936
Age 63
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Somerset East, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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