COLLECTION 4 BOER WAR GENERALS LAPEL PIN BADGES
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SELECTION OF FOUR LAPEL PIN BADGES DEPICTING GENERALS OF THE BOER WAR. 1. GENERAL ANDREW WAUCHOPE Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope (5 July 1846 – 11 December 1899) was a British Army officer, killed commanding a brigade at the Battle of Magersfontein in the South African War . 2. FIELD MARSHAL WHITE SIR GEORGE STUART became commander of Quetta District in 1889 in which role he led operations in the Zhob Valley and in Balochistan . He was commander of the forces in Natal at the opening of the Second Boer War and fought at the Battle of Elandslaagte in October 1899. He commanded the garrison at the Siege of Ladysmith : although instructed by General Sir Redvers Buller to surrender the garrison he responded "I hold Ladysmith for the Queen" and held out for another four months before being relieved in February 1900. He finished his career as Governor of Gibraltar and then as Governor of the Royal Hospital Chelsea . 3.FIELD MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts VC KG KP GCB OM GCSI GCIE KStJ VD PC (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was a British soldier who was one of the most successful commanders of the 19th century. He served in the Indian rebellion , the Expedition to Abyssinia and the Second Anglo-Afghan War before leading British Forces to success in the Second Boer War . He also became the last
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