Lot 110
Captain Wood was wounded and was being carried on a stretcher, when a second bullet passed through his heart killing him. ‡
Clandestine Operations - Inc The D.J. Croll Medal Collection & Other Properties | M26002
Auction: 16 September 2026 at 10.30 BST
Description
The Queen’s South Africa Medal to Captain Gordon Edward Boileau Wood, 13th Company 5th Imperial Yeomanry who was Killed in Action at Botha’s Farm after being shot in the heart whilst being carried on a stretcher after being wounded comprising Queen’s South Africa Medal, three clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal (Capt. G. E. B. Wood, 13 Co. 5/Imp. Yeo.) engraved naming, very fine (1)
“The Boer War Casualty Roll 1899-1902” by Alexander M Palmer records
“Captain GEB Wood, 5th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, was killed in action at Weltevreden, near Zeerust, 20 October 1900. He was the eldest son of Edward Wood, Esq, of Culmington Mannor, Shropshire, and Hanger Hill, Middlesex. Captain Wood was born in 1866, and afterwards entered the Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry May 1889, being promoted Captain May 1898. Early in 1900 he raised and commanded the Shropshire Squadron of the 5th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry and was gazetted as Captain on 2 February. He then proceeded to South Africa and served under Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen after the relief of Kimberley and saw continuous fighting in the Lindley and Heilbron districts, and subsequently in the Western Transvaal. At Weltevreden, Captain Wood was first wounded and was being carried on a stretcher to have his wound dressed, when a second bullet passed through his heart killing him instantly. He was mentioned in Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen’s despatch and was described as “a splendid officer.” A marble cross has been placed over his grave by his brother officers of the Shropshire Yeomanry, and at Culmington Church, Shropshire, a stained-glass window has also been placed in the church at Melton Mowbray by his hunting friends in remembrance of Captain Wood”
