Single Campaign Medals x534
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5049 Pte. W. Ricketts, Glouc: Regt.) edge bruising, nearly very fine
£80-£120 535
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Belfast, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (6061 Pte. E. Stone, Devon: Regt.) nearly extremely fine
£80-£120
Edwin Stone was born in Crediton, Exeter, Devon, in 1864 and attested for the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment at Exeter on 21 March 1896. He was called out for Military Service on 7 March 1900, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He was disembodied on 16 July 1901, and was discharged, totally unfit, on 15 June 1903.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (6431 Pte. J. W. Batters. 35th. Coy. 11th. Impl: Yeo:) polished, good very fine
£100-£140
James Werge Batters served with the 35th (Middlesex) Company, 11th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War.
537
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (5066 Pte. W. Underwood, 1: Leic: Regt.) retaining pin affixed to backstrap of Laing’s Nek clasp, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine
£200-£240 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2007.
William Underwood was born in Leicester in 1877 and attested there for the Leicestershire Regiment on 30 August 1897, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 13 May 1899 to 19 January 1902, and again from 5 June to 6 November 1902 (additionally entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps), and was severely wounded in the left leg at Van Wyk’s Vlei on 21 August 1900. He saw further service in India from 7 November 1902 to 2 November 1904, before transferring to the Reserve on 5 November 1904. He was discharged on 29 August 1909, after 12 years’ service.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4204 Pte. F. R. Ward, 1: Leic: Regt.) edge bruise, very fine
£240-£280 Provenance: Sotheby’s, November 1981; Spink, March 1986.
F. R. Ward attested for the Leicestershire Regiment, and served with the 1st Battalion, attached to the Mounted Infantry, in South Africa during the Boer War. For his gallantry at Swartz Kop on 13 February 1901 he was Mentioned in General Kitchener’s Despatch (London Gazette 9 July 1901) and was promoted Corporal by the Commander-in-Chief. The citation for his gallantry states: ‘In retirement from Swartz Kop on 13 February 1901, the shaft of a machine gun broke; the enemy, pressing close, endeavoured to capture the gun. Privates S. Johnson and F. Ward stuck to the gun, mended the shaft, and brought the gun away by hand.’
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4184. Pte. R. M. May. 19/Hrs.) engraved naming, good very fine
£160-£200
Sold with copied medal roll extracts that indicate that the recipient was additionally entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with both clasps.
540
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (2326 Corl. G. Smith, Oxford: Lt. Inft.) nearly extremely fine
£100-£140
George Smith was born in Buckinghamshire in 1867 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at High Wycombe on 19 November 1885. Promoted Corporal on 13 October 1892, he transferred to the Reserve on 23 October 1897, but was recalled for service during the Boer War on 16 December 1899. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa from 22 December 1899 to 29 June 1900, and again from 4 August 1901 to 5 March 1902 (additionally entitled to the two date clasps), and was promoted Sergeant on 1 June 1901. Re-attesting, he saw further service with the Battalion in India from 6 March 1902 to 23 October 1903, and was finally discharged on 31 March 1908, after 22 years and 13 days’ service.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Transvaal, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3758 Dmr: G. Smith. Essex Regt.) suspension claw re-riveted, edge bruising, nearly very fine
£80-£120
George Smith was born in Essex in 1874 and attested for the Essex Regiment on 9 January 1893, having previously served in the Regiment’s 4th (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 14 March 1896 to 6 December 1901; in South Africa from 7 December 1901 to 14 August 1902; and then back in India from 15 August 1902 to 6 April 1905. He was discharged Medically Unfit on 16 May 1905, after 12 years and 128 days’ service.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7115 Pte. R. H. Perks. Vol: Coy. S. Staff: Regt.) extremely fine
£80-£120
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (2543 Pte. J. Thompson. S. Lanc: Regt.) minor edge bruise, good very fine
£80-£120
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