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Baker's Horse was raised in 1878 and was disbanded at the close of hostilities, but was re-established at Port Elizabeth on the commencement of the Zulu War in 1879. As part of Colonel Wood’s Column, under Redvers Buller, Baker's Horse was notably engaged at Inhlobane on 28 March 1879, when the unit had 8 killed and 2 seriously wounded.

Adams, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Adams, Trooper P. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Addie, Lieutenant G. SAGS (1) 1879
Adlam, Trooper B. SAGS (1) 1879
Allport, Trooper I. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Anstey, Trooper C. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Arthur, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879
Ashburner, Unknown F. SAGS (1) 1878
Ashby, Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Baines, Lieutenant C. SAGS (1) 1879
Barker, Commandant F J. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Barrett, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Baxhforth, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
Becker, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Behrens, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879
Behrens, Trooper F. SAGS (1) 1879
Berry, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879
Billingham, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Bowles, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
Bracenia, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Bratherson, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Brazil, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
Bredie, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Britt, Trooper T. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Brockett, Corporal E. SAGS (1) 1879
Buckley, Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Bunyard, Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879
Burke, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Bushard, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1877-8
Butcher, Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Byrne, Trooper M. SAGS (1) 1879
Callaghan, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Campbell, Trooper John. SAGS (1) 1879
Campbell, Trooper John. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Chamberlain, Trooper W H. SAGS (1) 1879
Christianson (Christian), Trooper M. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Clements, Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Clifford, Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Close, Sergeant Major . SAGS (1) 1879
Coetze, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Cole, Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879
Coleman, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
Collings, Corporal S. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Crichten, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879
Damarell, Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1879
Darlow, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Darlow, Trooper T. SAGS (1) 1879
Darwin, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Davis(David), Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
De Swart, Trooper B. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Degret, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Didinker, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Dillon, Trooper C. SAGS (1) 1879
Douglas, Trooper W D. SAGS (1) 1879
Driscoll, Trooper T. SAGS (1) 1879
Dubois, Trooper F. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Duggan, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Dunbar, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
Edwards, Trooper H F. SAGS (1) 1878
Elliott, 118 Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1878
Ellis, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Ericson, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Everleigh, Trooper E. SAGS (1) 1878
Ferguson, Corporal C. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Fincher, 98 Trooper F. SAGS (1) 1878-9
Fitzgibben, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Forestall, Trooper T. SAGS (1) 1879
Francis, Trooper N. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Freegard, Corporal T. SAGS (1) 1879
Friskin, Trooper C. SAGS (1) 1879
Friskin, Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1879
Gemmell, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Giles, Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Glass, Trooper J W. SAGS (1) 1879
Grant, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Gray, Quartermaster Sergeant G R. SAGS (1) 1879
Gray (Ray), Trooper ?. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Griffiths, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Haigh, Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Hallack, Sergeant C. SAGS (1) 1879
Hammond, Trooper F. SAGS (1) 1879
Hannan, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879
Hannan, Trooper E. SAGS (1) 1879
Hart, Trooper T. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Hart, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
Hartley, Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879
Heddin, Trooper L R. SAGS (1) 1879
Henderson, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Henderson, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
Hill, Trooper C. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Hisner, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Holcher, Trooper B. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Holliday, Trooper F. SAGS (1) 1879
Hudson, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Hutchings, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Ingram, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
James, Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Janson, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Jefferson, Trooper T. SAGS (1) 1879
Johnson, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879
Johnson, Trooper E. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Jones, Trooper E. SAGS (1) 1879
Jones, Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Kearn, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Keen, Trooper M. SAGS (1) 1879
Kirkman, Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Lawson, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Legge, Trooper P. SAGS (1) 1879
Lloyd, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Lloyd, Trooper Robert. SAGS (1) 1879
Lockhead, Trooper P. SAGS (1) 1879
Lumley, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Lyllia, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
MacBlaine, Corporal W. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
MacCarthy, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Macdonald, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879
MacGilavany, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Macgregor, Trooper M. SAGS (1) 1879
Mackay, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
MacLaughlin, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879
MacNamara, Trooper P. SAGS (1) 1879
Maloney, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
McDonald, Quartermaster Sergeant A M. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
McDonald, Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
McGilvray, Unknown J. SAGS (1) ?
Miller, Regimental Sergeant Major H. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Miller, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
Mitchell, Corporal C. SAGS (1) 1879
Mitten, Corporal J. SAGS (1) 1879
Moore, Staff Sergeant Major F. SAGS (1) 1879
Moore, Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Murphy, Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Musgrove, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
Musthrop, Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1879
Musthrop, Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1879
Nelson, Lieutenant H. SAGS (1) 1879
Nitch, Trooper L. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Noman, Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879
Norden, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
O'Brien, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
O'Leary, Trooper D. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
O'Reilly, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Oliver, Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Olsen, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Overend, Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1879
Overton, Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Parkes, Trooper T. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Parkin, Lieutenant W. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Parminter, Captain W G. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Peacock, Trooper T. SAGS (1) 1879
Philpott, Trooper E. SAGS (1) 1879
Pickering, Captain W. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Pickham, Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Pilling, Trooper E. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Pitt, Sergeant F. SAGS (1) 1879
Potgieter, Trooper S. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Powers, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Raven, Trooper C R. SAGS (1) 1879
Robinson, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Rossom (Rossam), Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879
Salter, Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Saunders, Sergeant E. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Savage, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879
Schmidt, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Sharman, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
Skelton, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Small, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1878
Smith, Trooper C W. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Smith, Corporal F. SAGS (1) 1879
Smith, Trooper H. SAGS (1) 1879
Southern, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Stahl, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Stanford, Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879
Stanton, Trooper T. SAGS (1) 1879
Stevanos, Trooper O. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Storey, Sergeant G. SAGS (1) 1879
Surgina, Trooper L. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Suter, Trooper E. SAGS (1) 1879
Taylor, Trooper G. SAGS (1) 1879
Taylor, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Taylor, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Thibault, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Thompson, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Thorn, Trooper W B. SAGS (1) 1879
Tomasson, Captain W H. SAGS (1) 1879
Torbett, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Tuck, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Turner, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
Tyler, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879
Tyndale, Trooper E. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Van Niekerk, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Varley, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Verity, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Vernon, Lieutenant C. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Veron, Lieutenant W H. SAGS (1) 1879
Vivian, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Wald, Trooper L. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Wallace, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Walters, Trooper W. SAGS (1) 1879
Walther, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879
Ward, Trooper C. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Wasserfall, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Watson, Trooper C. SAGS (1) 1879
Webb, Sergeant J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Webb, Troop Sergeant Major T. SAGS (1) 1879
Webster, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Weir, Trooper P. SAGS (1) 1879
Welsh, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879
Welsh, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879
Wennemark, Trooper C F. SAGS (1) 1879
Westley, Trooper A. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
White, Troop Sergeant Major E. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
White, Sergeant Major E. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
White, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
White, Trooper R. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Wilson, Trooper F. SAGS (1) 1879
Wilson, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879
Wilson, Captain W D. SAGS (1) 1877-8-9
Wilson, Lieutenant W D. SAGS (1) 1878-9
Wroe, Trooper J. SAGS (1) 1879 Medal returned
Young, Sergeant G. SAGS (1) 1879


Picture courtesy of Noble Numismatics

Described as:

SAGS (1) 1878-9 (Trooper J.Holt. Bakers Hse), renamed
CGHGSM (2) Transkei, Basutoland (Sergt J.Holt Baker's Hse ), officially engraved

Only 2 medals with 1878-9 clasp recorded for Baker's Horse.

He is not on my list for Baker's Horse.

From the July 2018 Spink sale

219 Medals were awarded to Baker’s Horse, 202 of them with the ‘1879’ clasp.

x265 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Lieut: G. Addie, Bakers Horse.), in period fitted white metal and leather case, the lid impressed with gilt initials ‘G. A.’, minor edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine and toned £700-900

x266 South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Tpr. F. Behrens. Bakers Horse.), officially re-engraved naming, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine £180-220