Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (Lieut: S. H. Hutton. Rl: Innis: Fus:) extremely fine £400-500

Stamford Henry Hutton died of enteric at Ladysmith on 15 April 1900. He was the younger son of the late Albert Hutton, Esq., of Rockwood, Swanlinbar, Co. Cavan, and a nephew of Lord and Lady Singen, of Wetherby Gardens, London S.W. He was born in January 1880 and educated at Haileybury, passing thence into the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He entered the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in December 1899 and embarked immediately to join his battalion. He was present at the operations on the Tugela, and in the fighting on February 23rd-24th was one of four officers of the 1st Inniskillings who came out untouched, all the others being either killed or wounded. Lieutenant Hutton then entered Ladysmith with the relieving force. He is buried in the town cemetery there, beside Captain Gibton of the same regiment. A marble headstone has been erected in his memory by his comrades of all ranks, and a handsome railing encloses both graves. The Last Post refers.