CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
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Six: Armourer Quarter Master Sergeant A. W. Strong, Army Ordnance Corps
EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA 1897-99, no clasp (731 Armr. Serjt., A.O.C.); ASHANTI 1900, no clasp (Armr.-Serjt., A.O.C.) high
relief bust; 1914-15 STAR (A-1357 Armr. Q.M. Sjt., A.O.C.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (A-1357 W.O.Cl.1, A.O.C.);
ARMY L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (731 Ar. Q.M.Sjt., A.O.C.) light contact marks to the first two, otherwise nearly extremely fine
and a rare combination (6) £1200-1500
Ex Upfill-Brown Collection 1991; David Langham Collection 1999.
Alfred William Strong was born in Dublin, and attested for the Corps of Armourers in January 1891, after serving an apprenticeship in
London as a Gunsmith. He served for several years in India before he was posted for service with the Uganda Rifles, taking part in
operations in Uganda and Somaliland in 1898-99 (Medal). He was briefly posted for duty with the 2nd Dragoon Guards in July 1900
before being posted for duty with the Ashanti Field Force two months later, for a period of four months during the operations of the
Ashanti Expedition in West Africa (Medal). He next spent a year in Hong Kong followed by another five years in India, before returning
home in December 1907. In 1909 he received his L.S. & G.C. medal, and in January 1912 he was discharged having completed 21
years service. On the outbreak of war in 1914, he rejoined on the 14th September and served in France from March 1915 to January
1916, with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force for two months, and in France again from February 1916 to March 1919. He was
finally discharged on 4 April 1919. Sold with full service details and copy service papers all contained in a folder.
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Pair: Sergeant H. Maunders, Gloucestershire Regiment, afterwards B.R.C.S. & St. J.J.
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, no clasp (4357 Sgt. H. Maunders, Gloucester Regt.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (H.
Maunders, B.R.C.S. & St. J.J.), together with a Dorsetshire Regiment prize medal, silver, unnamed, the first two with
contact marks and polished, thus fine (3) £100-120
Henry Maunders served as an Orderly in the British Red Cross Society and first entered the French theatre of war in August 1915,
thereby qualifying for the 1914-5 Star, in addition to the British War & Victory Medals.
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Three: Captain G. Mowat, 4th South African Infantry, late Surgeon, attached Royal Army Medical Corps, who was
killed in action on the Somme in October 1916
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (G. Mowat, Surgeon); KING’S SOUTH
AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Civ. Surgn, G. Mowat); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (Capt.
G. Mowat), generally good very fine (3)
George Mowat was mentioned in despatches for his services as a Civil Surgeon on attachment to the Royal Army Medical Corps during
the Boer War (London Gazette 7 May 1901 refers), and would appear to have settled in South Africa at the end of hostilities - certainly
official records record his mobilisation from the 2nd Pretoria Regiment in November 1914 and his entitlement to the 1914-15 Star.
Removing to an appointment in the 4th South African Infantry in September 1915, he was embarked for the U.K. in the same month,
went out to France, and was killed in action while serving in ‘A’ Company near Le Sars on the Somme on 12 October 1916. The son of
Robert and Elsie Mowat of Cambuslang, Scotland, he was 43 years of age and is buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery.
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Pair: Private A. Lakin, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1099 Pte., Derby Regt.); KING’S
SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (1099 Pte., Notts & Derby Regt.) minor contact marks, good very fine (2) £120-160
In 1902 the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) became the Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment).
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Three: Private J. McKenzie, Seaforth Highlanders
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4253 Pte. J. McKenzie, 2 Sea. Highrs.);
KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4253 Pte. J. McKenzie, Seaforth Highrs.);
KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (4253 Pte. J.McKenzie, 1st Sea. Highrs.), initial officially
corrected on the first, occasional edge bruising and polished, nearly very fine or better (3) £300-350
James McKenzie was born in Cromarty, near Inverness and enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders direct from the 3rd (Volunteer)
Battalion in June 1892, aged 18 years. Subsequently present at the occupation of Crete in 1897, he witnessed active service in the Nile
Expedition of 1898 and in South Africa 1900-1902, and qualified for the above described Medals & clasps, in addition to the Queen’s
Sudan Medal. McKenzie was transferred to the Army Reserve in October 1902 and finally discharged in June 1904; sold with copied
service record.
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