CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
563
Pair: Private W. Bryant, Volunteer Company, Bedfordshire Regiment
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen,
South Africa 1901 (7772 Pte. W. Bryant, Vol. Co. Bedf. Regt.); HERTFORD
VOLUNTEERS’ TRIBUTE MEDAL FOR SOUTH AFRICA (William James Bryant, Hertford
Volunteer), by Croneen, New Brompton, hallmarks for Birmingham
1901, obverse, busts of Queen Victoria and three of her Generals, and
‘South Africa’, reverse, a winged figure of Victory over a field gun and
the surround legend, ‘Victory, Liberty and Peace’, with hook and bar
suspension, and matching upper brooch bar for wearing, these inscribed
‘For Special / War Services’, and riband buckle bearing a superimposed
bust of King Edward VII with engraved inscription, ‘Court Hertford / No.
3050’, last clasp on the first unofficially riveted, very fine and better (2)
£250-300
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Three: Serjeant John Marsden, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2960 Cpl., 1st L.N. Lanc.
Regt.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (2960 Serjt., L.N. Lanc. Regt.) these with edge bruising and badly worn; MAYOR OF
KIMBERLEY’S STAR 1899-1900, ‘a’ cypher, with brooch bar, this last nearly extremely fine (3) £300-350
John Marsden was born in Blackburn, Lancashire. A Weaver by occupation, he attested for service in the Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment, on 3 September 1889, aged 18 years, 10 months, having served in the 1st Volunteer Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.
With the regiment he served overseas in Ceylon, October 1896-February 1899; South Africa, February 1899-October 1902 and
September 1906-October 1907, and Mauritius, October 1907-December 1909. Gaining the rank of Serjeant in August 1896, he was
tried by Court Martial and was reduced to Corporal in January 1900. During the Boer War he served at the defence of Kimberley and in
October 1901 was promoted to Lance Serjeant, regaining the rank of Serjeant in December 1905. He was discharged on 2 September
1910 on the termination of his second period of engagement. With the onset of the Great War and being in the Army Reserve, he
attested for service on 31 August 1914, being then aged 43 years, 11 months and employed as a Commissionaire. As a Serjeant in the
Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 31 July 1915 and remained there until March 1919.
He was promoted to Warrant Officer and Regimental Serjeant-Major on 14 September 1914. However on 10 November 1915 he was
reduced to Private after being tried by General Court Martial and found guilty of drunkenness when on active service in the trenches.
An additional sentence of penal servitude for three years was remitted by the G.O.C. 37th Division; his reduction in rank was remitted
to that of Serjeant by the 3rd Army Commander. As a Serjeant he was transferred to the Royal Engineers, Railway Transport
Establishment on 1 August 1916. Marsden was discharged from the Army on 6 April 1919. He committed suicide by drowning at
Ashton-under-Lyne, on 2 July 1950.
Sold with copied service papers, m.i.c. and extract from medal rolls.
565
Pair: Serjeant G. James, Liverpool Regiment
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4685 Cpl., Liverpool Regt.); KING’S
SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (4685 Serjt., Liverpool Regt.) ‘K.S.A.’ with edge bruise, otherwise good very fine (2)
£160-200
Griffith A. James was born in Liverpool. A Carter by occupation and a member of the 3rd Battalion (Militia) Liverpool Regiment, he
attested for the Liverpool Regiment on 7 November 1894, aged 21 years, 9 months. With the 1st Battalion he was posted to Barbados,
December 1895-November 1897 and then South Africa, November 1897-October 1902. For his services in the Boer War he was
awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two. Transferred to the Army Reserve in October 1902, he
was discharged at the termination of his first period of engagement on 6 November 1906. With copied service papers.
566
Four: Major J. P. L. Stoney, Worcestershire Regiment
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut.,
Worc. Regt.); 1914 STAR, with clasp (Capt., Worc. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt.) mounted as worn, an edge
bruise and a few contact marks to Q.S.A., very fine and better (4) £380-420
Johnstone Percy Lipyeatt Stoney, after service in the Militia, was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire
Regiment on 4 May 1901. With the Regiment he served in operations in the Orange River Colony, September 1901-April 1902. With
the regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war in 1914. In the November 1918 Army List he is listed as a Major on Half Pay
on the Active List.
567
Pair: Driver F. E. Dell, Army Service Corps
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony (10292 Dvr., A.S.C.)
unofficial connection between third and fourth clasps, official correction to naming; KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2
clasps (10292 Dvr., A.S.C.) some contact marks, about very fine (2) £80-100
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