A Collection of Boer War Medals to the Royal Artillery ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY
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QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (21344 Gnr. W. H. Parke, 4th M.B., R.G.A.) nearly extremely fine
£160-200
Gunner W. H. Parke, 4th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, died of disease at Pretoria, on 21 November 1900. With copied roll extract and some unit details.
289
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Transvaal (16986 Gnr. T. Nerney, 10th M.B., R.G.A.) attempted erasure of service number, suspension post slightly bent, edge bruising, about very fine
£180-220
Thomas Nerney was born in Edinburgh. A Labourer by occupation and a member of the 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (Militia), he attested for service in the Royal Artillery at Middlesbrough, on 28 October 1896, aged 19 years 2 months. With the R.G.A. he served in South Africa, December 1898-April 1903. Serving with the 10th Mountain Battery at the defence of Ladysmith, he was slightly wounded on 18 December 1899. The war diary records, ‘Dec. 19th. One of our 6.3” Howitzers struck by 6” shell from Telegraph Hill. Gr. Narney (sic) wounded. Howitzer carriage was repaired and in position again at Ration Post in forty-eight hours’. (The Diary is remiss in omitting to state how long it took to repair Gunner Nerney!). However, soon after Nerney fell foul of officialdom and in November 1899 was tried and imprisoned for 28 days. He was again imprisoned for 56 days in November-December 1901. Nerney was discharged to the Army Reserve in October 1903 and discharged from the Army having completed his period of service in October 1908. Although papers exist that state his medal was forfeited under Section 18 of the Army Act (Disgraceful Conduct of a Soldier), for his service in the Boer War he was awarded the Queen’s medal with two clasps and the King’s medal with two. Nerney re-enlisted into the Cork R.G.A. on 24 April 1912 as ‘3269 Gunner T. Nerney’. Serving with the 22nd Trench Battery, R.G.A. in the Great War, he was killed in action on 6 July 1915. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.
With copied service papers and other research. 290 Pair: Gunner J. J. Williams, Royal Garrison Artillery
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Kimberley (9147 Gnr. J. J. Williams, 23rd W.D. R.G.A.); MAYOR OF KIMBERLEY’S STAR 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with date letter ‘a’, complete with brooch bar, the first polished, thus good fine, the last good very fine (2)
£300-350
Only 96 Medals and clasps were awarded to the 14th and 23rd Divisions, Royal Garrison Artillery, of which 24 are believed to have been issued to the latter unit.
OTHER UNITS 291 Dvr. C. Rickman, 1/Pr. Maxims) some cuts to obverse rim, otherwise, good very fine
1 Pounder Maxims (Pom-Pom). With copied roll extracts. QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5978
£200-240 292 Pair: Driver J. May, Pom-Poms Section, Royal Artillery
QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (56808 Dvr., R.F.A.); KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (56808 Dvr., Pom Poms Sec. R.A.) slight edge bruising and light contact marks, very fine (2)
£180-220
James May was born in Brentwood, Middlesex. A Groom by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Hounslow on 15 September 1886, aged 19 years, 9 months. As a Driver he served in India with 3 and 2 Brigade Field Artillery, February 1888- November 1891, and in South Africa, January 1900-October 1902, initially with the 6th Infantry Divisional Ammunition Column, and from May 1900 with the R.F.A. 1 pdr. Maxims (Pom-Poms). He was posted as Driver to the 9th Battery in September 1902. Returning home, May was awarded the Army L.S. & G.C. Medal (not with lot) by A.O. 68 of 1905. May was discharged at his own request on 12 January 1908. Latterly a Brewer’s Labourer, he died of natural causes in Sheffield on 22 February 1940.
With copied service and discharge papers and death certificate.
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