Commemorative rings, Howden, East Riding of Yorkshire - by: BereniceUK

Howden (East Yorkshire) has an original method of thanking its active service Volunteers. Each returned Volunteer has just received a gold ring, inscribed: "South African War, with Howden's thanks."


Bolton Evening News

Has anyone ever seen one of these rings, or heard of them before? Quite possible that some of them are still with descendants of the Volunteers.

There's a plaque in Howden Minster with the names of 19 volunteers, so, presumably nineteen rings were inscribed and presented.

This Tablet Records the
Patriotism
of Those Members of the Howden
Company Whose Names are Inscribed
Below in Voluntarily Coming Forward
in the Hour of Their Country's Need
and Actively Serving With Their
Territorial Regiment in the
Boer War, South Africa
In Order to Uphold the Honour of the
Empire and the Rights and Liberties
of Their Kinsmen Across the Sea.
March 1900 to June 1901

Sergeant F BULLOCK
L.Corporal S H RODELL
L.Corporal R J FOSTER
Private G INGHAM
Private J M CLARKSON
Private A TYERMAN
Private F G LEYELL
Private F RAMSEY
Private J W CHESTER
Private E W SMITH
Private H HARRISON
Private R B SMITH
Private W HOLMES
Private C W MORRIS
Private J W LATHAM
Private C W YATES
Private F S ASHTON
Private J L JOHNSON
Private T A BOYNTON