COULSON – GUSTAVUS HAMILTON BLENKINSOPP
| Born: 1879/04/00 Rank: LIEUT. Regiment: KINGS OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS – 1ST BATT. GPS: S27°28.007 E26°20.939 |
Reason for death: KILLED IA Place of death: LAMBRECHTSFONTEIN Date of death: 1901/05/18 Memorial: LAMBRECHTSFONTEIN – BETWEEN BOTHAVILLE AND KOMMANDODRIF |
Medal:
Lieut Coulson was awarded the D.S.O in 1900 and a posthumous V.C. the citation read as follows;-This Officer during a rear-guard action, near Lambrecht Fontein, on the 18th May, 1901, seeing Corporal Cranmer, 7th Mounted Infantry, dismounted, his horse having been shot, remained behind and took him up on his own horse. He rode a short distance, when the horse was shot and both Lieutenant Coulson and the Corporal were brought to the ground. Lieutenant Coulson told Corporal Cranmer to get along with the wounded horse as best he could, and he would would look after himself. Corporal Cranmer got on the horse and rode away to the column. No 4792 Corporal Shaw (Lincolns), 7th Mounted Infantry, seeing Lieutenant Coulson’s position of danger, rode back through the rear-guard, and took him up on his horse. A few minutes later corporal Shaw was shot through the body, and there is reason to believe that Lieutenant Coulson was wounded also, as he fell off his horse. Corporal Shaw fell off a few minutes later. Lieut. Coulson was awarded the V.C., posthumously, in 1902. (Extracted from: The Victoria Cross and The George Cross, The Complete History, Volume 1, Page 567.)
