NAM.1983-09-68-1

Victoria Cross, 1900. From a medal group awarded to Gnr Isaac Lodge, Q Bty Royal Horse Artillery, for his actions at Korn Spruit, South Africa on 31st March 1900. On 31st March 1900 British troops were ambushed on their march to Bloemfontein by Boer Commandos. Under heavy fire, ‘Q’ Battery Royal Horse Artillery managed to rescue all but one of their guns. Every man in the battery showed considerable bravery and under Rule 13 of the Victoria Cross Warrant, four officers and men were nominated by their fellows for the award. Isaac Lodge, then a gunner, was elected, together with his commanding officer, Maj Edmund Phipps-Hornby, Sgt Charles Parker and Dvr Horace Glasock. Lodge was decorated by Roberts in Pretoria that October. Gnr Isaac Lodge was born at Great Canfield in Essex on 6 May 1864. He enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1888 and transferred to the Royal Horse Artillery in February 1889. He was promoted to the rank of Corporal in 1903 and after six more years with the colours he was discharged. He later worked as a Keeper in the Royal Parks. He died in a London hospital in June 1923.

Boer War (1899-1902)