 Then on 10 October 1901 he was appointed as commander of the column of Lt-Col George Frederick Gorringe.He became Commander of No 1 Area, Queenstown, Cape Colony, in December 1901.In recognition of services during the Second Boer War, he was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the South African Honours list published on 26 June 1902, shortly after the end of the war.