British Boer War Seaforth Highlanders Claymore Wilkinson Sword KIA Researched

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British Boer War Seaforth Highlanders Claymore Wilkinson Sword KIA Researched. Please note that the chape has broken off at one time of the scabbard and was glued but it was not done properly so it has come off again. It is all present and could be fixed but we dont mess with items we get in. This sword comes with the information from Wilkinson Sword showing that the number corresponds to his name.  Below is his information
Captain Hugh Maxwell Blair, 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's). The eldest son of Alexander Blair, Advocate Sheriff of the Lothians and Peebles, and Fairley Kerr. Educated at the Edinburgh Academy and Sedbergh School. Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (passing out first). Commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders in 1891. Promoted to Lieutenant 1894 and to Captain Nov 1899. He served with the 2nd Battalion with the Chitral Relief Expedition of 1895, and was present in the engagement at Mamugai, receiving the medal with clasp. He was employed for a short time with the West African Frontier Force. He sailed for South Africa with his battalion on the Mongolian about 21 Oct 1899, and arrived at the Cape about 16 Nov 1899. They formed part of the 3rd or Highland Brigade under Major General Wauchope, in the Kimberley relief force of 3 brigades under Lord Muthuen. They joined their brigade on the Modder River shortly before the action at Magersfontein. He fought at the Battle of Magersfontein 11 Dec 1899. On 3 Feb 1900 the Brigade marched West from the Modder River Camp to Koedoesberg Drift (about 20km West of Ritchie on the Reit River), where he was killed in action aged 28 years when his carotid artery was cut by a bullet from a shrapnel shell as they secured the hills commanding the drift. He was buried on the battlefield. His remains were later reinterred in West End Cemetery, Kimberley. He is also commemorated on the Seaforth Highlanders Boer War Memorial on the corner of High Street and Station Road, Dingwall, Scotland