Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private H. Hudson, 4th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion during the attack on High Wood, Somme, 8 September 1916

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Transvaal, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2324 Pte H. Hudson. K.R.R.C.) clasps mounted in this order; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (2324 Pte H. Hudson. 4th K.R.R.); British War and Victory Medals (2324 Pte. H. Hudson. K.R.Rif.C.) the first two with contact marks, nearly very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £440-£550

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from an Africa Collection.

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P. Wardrop Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2000.

Henry Hudson was born in Burnley, Lancashire. The following extract from the Burnley Express, 27 September 1916, gives the details of his service, and his father’s employment in the town:

‘Mr Hudson the Burnley Football Club’s groundsman, lost his only son Henry, a telegram being received on Monday to the effect that he had fallen on the battlefield. Mr Hudson, who now resides at 101, Lyndhurst Road, came to Burnley in 1887, and about seventeen years ago his son Henry, who was then a weaver at Messrs. Pickles’ Shed, Brierfield, enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifles. Henry had been in the Army ever since, and was hoping to complete the twenty-one years and retire on pension. He served throughout the Boer War, and was slightly wounded. Rifleman Hudson was aged 35 years, married, and leaves a wife and young son, who live at Winchester.’

Private Hudson served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps on the Western Front. He was killed in action during the attack on High Wood, Somme, 8 September 1916, and is buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France.
Sold with photographic image of recipient in uniform, and copied research.