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10th Hussars
Military History  Army Hussar Regiments  10th Hussars |
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SIR JOHN PENISTON MILBANKE, BART (Lieutenant, now Captain) 10th (The Prince of Wale?s Own royal) Hussars While on a reconnaissance near colesberg, on January 5th 1900, a small patrol of the 10th Hussars were retiring, and the horse of one of the men was unable to keep up with the rest. Sir John Milbanke, although severely wounded, rode back to him, took him upon his own horse, and brought him back to the camp. The man he rescued was, at the time, close to a party of Boers who had galloped near, and dismounted, were firing heavily on any one within range. Sir John Millbanke, son of Sir Peniston Millbanke, 9th Baronet, was born on October 9th 1872. After serving in the 3rd Royal Sussex Regiment for some years, entered the 10th Hussars, November 23rd 1892, ruising to Captain April 17th 1900, while serving on the staff of Sir John French
H. ENGLEHEART (Sergeant) 10th (The Prince of Wale?s Own Royal) Hussars In the dawn of March 13th 1900, the party that had successfully destroyed the railway north of Bloemfontein had to charge through a Boer piquet, besides getting over four deep spruits, in order to creep back through the boer lines. At the last of these Sapper Webb?s horse fell, and consequently he was left in a precarious position. In the face of a deadly shell and rifle fire, notwithstanding the great risk of being cut off and captured, Sergeant Engleheart returned to Sapper Webb?s assistance. Some time was lost getting the man and horse out of the spruit, and the position became momentarily worse owing to the rapid advance of the Boers. At last, however, he was successful and retiring slowly to cover Webb?s retreat, he was able to get him safely back to the party. Shortly before this had taken place Sergeant Engleheart had shown great gallantry in dashing into the first spruit, approachable only in single file, which was still held by a party of Boers who were hesitating whether to fire or fly. Had they been given time to rally they would certainly have destroyed our small lot of men, outnumbered as they were by four to one. H. Engleheart, son of the late Mr. Francis Engleheart formerly a member of the Stock Exchange, and grandson of N. B. Engleheart, Esq., Blackheath, the last of the Queen?s Proctors, was born on November 14th 1864. The late Queen Victoria presented him with the Victoria Cross on December 15th 1900, being centre man of the last five of her soldiers on whose breast the aged Sovereign pinned her Cross.
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