Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Staff Sergeant-Major E. G. Adames, British South Africa Police, a ‘Jameson raider’ who died in the Boer War

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896 (Corpl. E. C. Adams. B.S.A. Police) note second initial and spelling of surname; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Rhodesia (539 S. Sjt: Maj: E. G. Adames. B.S.A. Police) good very fine or better (2) £800-1000

Ernest Gribbon Adames was born at Chichester, Sussex, on 7 January 1869. He served as a Trooper in “A” Troop, Mashonaland Mounted Police, and took part in the Jameson raid in 1895-96. He was amongst those captured by the Boers at Doornkop, Transvaal, on 2 January 1896, and was repatriated to England from Durban aboard the Harlech Castle later that month. He embarked at Southampton for Cape Town aboard the Dunottar Castle on 21 March 1896, citing his occupation as a prospector. In November 1896 he enlisted into the British South Africa Company‘s Police as a Corporal in “G” Troop, and took part in the Matabele Rebellion. During the Boer War he served as a Staff Sergeant-Major with No. 2 (Bulawayo) Division, B.S.A. Police, in operations in Rhodesia. He died of typhoid fever at Bulawayo on 4 December 1899, and is buried in Bulawayo General Cemetery. Sold with comprehensive research.