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1900 Jan 13. Wounded at Poplar Grove a farm in the Orange Free State (Petrusburg district; Free State), 30 km north-east of Perdeberg railway station. In order to block the British advance on Bloemfontein , Chief-Cmdt C.R. de Wet adopted a defence line across the Modder River on either side of the drift at Poplar Grove farm. On 7 March 1900, Field Marshal Lord Roberts ordered Maj-Gen J.D.P. French's cavalry division to outflank the Boer left flank to the south of Seven Kopjes. This forced the Boers there to retire towards Poplar Grove, but the whole of the line was thereby exposed. President S.J.P. Krüger was present expecting to address the burghers later that day, but the enveloping move by the cavalry made him return to Bloemfontein. The Winburg commando holding a line from Slaag Kraal Hill* to Schuinshoek and a detachment of 40 burghers from Petrusburg held off Brig-Gen R.G. Broadwood's 2nd cavalry brigade and thus the whole division from completing the outflanking movement for several hours during the morning. Without any significant fighting, the Boer forces retired eastwards during the day and by nightfall the British held the line of Poplar Grove drift. British losses were 8 killed and 49 wounded; Boers casualties were estimated at 50; no prisoners were taken by the British.
1901 Feb 16. 21st Lancers, Second Lieutenant Llewellyn W. H. Tringham, from the Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment), to be Second Lieutenant, vice C. V. Champion De Crespigny, who exchanges.
Lieutenant Claude Champion De Crespigny is 27 years of age. He entered the 2nd Life Guards from the militia five years ago, and got his lieutenant's commission in the following year. His recent gallant deed in rescuing a wounded trooper under a heavy fire has rightly been recognised as one of "most distinguished bravery." He will probably be one of the new V.C.'s The gallant Colonel, his father, has just started for the front.
1903 Jul 18 . The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment), Second Lieutenant C. V. Champion de Crespigny, to be Lieutenant, vice E. S. Kimber, resigned.
1904 Jul 24. Lieutenant C. V. Champion de Crespigny, The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment), to be Aide-de-Camp to Sir D. W. Stewart, K.C.M.G., Commissioner, Commander-in-Chief, and Consul-General, East Africa Protectorate.
1904-1905 On the Nandi Punitive Expedition. The Nandi were incensed at the new railway that thrust through their traditional grazing grounds in the Nyando Valley. Between 1895 and 1905 five military expeditions were sent to deal with them. Their resistance lasted until 1905, when the Nandi Field Force, the largest "punitive expedition" ever assembled in Kenya, was mounted against them. At a meeting arranged for negotiations their politico-religious leader(orkoiyot) Koitalel (arap Samoei) was shot by an Army officer, Colonel R. Meinertzhagen.
1910 Mar 19. The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment), The undermentioned Lieutenants to be Captains. Claude V. Champion de Crespigny, vice B. Evans, D.S.O.
1910 He was with 1st Wilts Regt in South Africa. at A black and white photograph showing those officers of the Battalion who formed part of the 2nd Mounted Infantry at Harrismith, South Africa, 1910 with Lieutenants Kirwin and de Crespigny, Captain Timmis, Lieutenants Davis and Seagrave.
1910 Jul 14 Arrives in UK from Cape Town. Travels 1st Class.
1912 Jul 17. 3rd Battalion, The Essex Regiment, Captain Claude Vierville Champion de Crespigny, retired pay, late The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment), to be Captain under the provisions of Article 510, Royal Warrant for Pay and Promotion, 1909, with seniority as from 19th March, 1910.
1914 Nov 30. On the 30th the 8th Brigade marched to billets in Scherpenberg and Locre, where on the following day General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien inspected and addressed the and Battalion, the company commanders being Captains C. V. Champion de Crespigny, A. H. W. Temple, E. F. Hausburg, and H. L. Cautley.
1916 Dec 28. Asst. Prov. Marshals (Graded for purposes of pay as a Staff Capt.).—Capt. C. V. Champion de Crespigny, Essex R., Spec. Res.
1919 Jul 12. Special Appointment . Dep. Asst. Prov. Marshal.—Maj. C. V. Champion de Crespigny, ret. pay.
1921 Jan 6 . He returned to UK living wife and child in Canada. He traveled 2nd Class, occupation "nil"
1921 Feb 8 Joined ADRIC with service number 1649. He gave his regiment as "21st Lancers".
1921 Mar 4. A Coy Commander.
1922 Jul 25. His wife and daughter arrive back in UK. They travel 1st Class.
1926 May 11. Essex R.—Maj. C. V. Champion de Crespigny, from Res. of Off. Wilts R., to be Maj., with seniority 19th Nov., 1917.

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