Single Campaign Medals 551
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (289197 Sto: J. Clark, H:M:S: Forte) impressed naming, first two digits of number officially corrected, good very fine
£160-£200
James Clark was born in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, on 8 June 1879, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 11 July 1898. He joined H.M.S. Forte on 20 April 1899, and was promoted Stoker on 1 September of that year, serving in her in South Africa during the Boer War. He was advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 6 June 1907, and was shore pensioned on 26 June 1912.
552
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2424 Corpl. A. Levy. Rl. Fus.) edge bruising, nearly very fine
£50-£70 553
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (9752 Pte. G. Smith, E. Lanc: Regt.) edge bruising, worn, good fine
£160-£200
George Smith was born in Bolton, Lancashire, and attested for the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, at Darwen, Lancashire, on 31 August 1899. He served with the 3rd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and died of enteric fever at Springfontein, Orange River Colony, on 2 June 1900.
Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract. 554
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (124 L. Cpl: G. W. Spearman. Prince Alf: Vol: Gds:) good very fine
£300-£400
George William Spearman was killed in action in a Boer attack near Middleburg, Bethlehem, on 9 August 1900. He was born in 1880, the youngest son of Irish émigré Daniel Spearman, of Tipperary, Ireland, and his wife Mary, and had resided with his parents in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. He had joined Prince Albert’s Volunteer Guard at its inception in October 1899, as can be seen by his early regimental number, and had been promoted to Lance Corporal just prior to his death.
555
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (1856 Cpl. J. Morris, 2nd E. Yorkshire Regt) very fine
£60-£80 556
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (2945 Pte. E. Phillips, S. Stafford: Regt.) initial officially corrected, nearly extremely fine
£60-£80
Ernest Albert Phillips was born in Stafford in 1872, and attested for the South Staffordshire Regiment at Lichfield on 2 January 1891, having previously served in the 4th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt from 9 March 1892 to 10 October 1895, and in India from 11 October 1895 to 17 December 1898, before transferring to the Army Reserve on 20 December of that year. He was recalled to the Colours on 8 January 1900, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 17 March 1900 to 3 August 1902 (also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps). He was finally discharged on 1 January 1903, after 12 years’ service.
Following the outbreak of the Great War Phillips attested for the Durham Light Infantry, and served with them on the Western Front from 12 March 1917 to 9 January 1918, and saw later service at home with the Labour Corps and Royal Defence Corps.
Sold with copied medal roll extracts, Medal Index Card, Service Papers, and other research. 557
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (4348 Pte. A. J. Butler, 1st. L.N. Lanc: Regt.) number double-struck, good very fine
£200-£240
Andrew Joseph Butler was born in Ellesmere, Shropshire, in 1872 and attested for the Royal Artillery at Liverpool on 5 January 1892. He was discharged on 4 March 1892, and re-attested for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at Liverpool on 16 February 1894. He served with the 1st Battalion in Ceylon from 24 January 1896 to 10 February 1899, and then in South Africa from 11 February 1899. He died of disease at Heilbron on 5 July 1900, and is commemorated on the South African War Memorial at Preston, Lancashire.
Sold with copied medal roll extract, service records, and other research. 558
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Belmont, Modder River (179172. A.B. J. Stewart. H.M.S. Powerful.) engraved naming, extremely fine
£500-£700
James Stewart was born in Aglish, co. Waterford, on 31 January 1877 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 21 July 1893. He joined H.M.S. Powerful on 8 June 1897, and was promoted Able Seaman on 9 June 1898. He served in Powerful in South Africa during the Boer War, before transferring to H.M.S. Monarch on 16 March 1900, and died in hospital in Simonstown from enteric fever on 12 April 1900.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Modder River, Paardeberg (4910 Cpl. J. Z. Collier, 1st Highland Lt. Infy.) good very fine
£80-£100
Job Zenas Collier was born in Westbury, Wiltshire, and attested for the Highland Light Infantry at Great Yarmouth on 7 June 1893, aged 18 years 5 months, a footman by trade with previous militia service in the Norfolk Artillery. He served overseas at Malta, March 1895 to July 1898; in the occupation of Crete, 31 July to 26 December, 1898; and in South Africa from 23 October 1899 to 8 May 1900. He was discharged, having been found medically unfit for further service, on 24 May 1902. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal verification.
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