Boer War Memorial pin - Major-General Andrew Wauchope CB, CMG, Order of Medijieh

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c. 1900

Overview

Circular metal pin featuring the greyscale photographic image of a Boer War British Army Officer's head and shoulders.
At the top of the badge are the Latin words 'Requiescat in pace', which translate to 'May he rest in peace'.
The reverse has a metal pin which encircles the edge of the badge before ending in a point which can be pushed through clothing for attachment.

Historical information

Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope CB CMG (5 July 1846 – 11 December 1899) was killed while commanding a brigade at the Battle of Magersfontein during the Second Boer War.

According to the ART UK website:
'Major General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope was a member of the family of Wauchope of Niddrie. He served for several years in the navy before being commissioned into The Black Watch in 1865. He took part in the Ashanti Campaign and later in the Egyptian and Sudan Campaigns of the 1880s. Wauchope became Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion in 1894, after which he was posted to the Sudan as Brigadier General. Promoted to Major General in 1898, he died leading his men during a dawn attack at the Battle of Magersfontein on 11th December 1899. A soldier’s soldier, nicknamed 'Red Mick' by his men, he was an immensely popular officer and his death was felt keenly in Scotland'.

A link to the portrait on which the pin was based (from the above website) is attached.

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cwa-org-119-RoW00174

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