Campaign Groups and Pairs 108 Four: Private W. Ward, Royal Scots
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6752 Pte. W. Ward. Rl: Scots); 1914 Star (6752 Pte. W. Ward. 2/R. Scots); British War and Victory Medals (6752 Pte. W. Ward. R. Scots) together with a renamed K.S.A. with 2 clasps (6752 Pte. W. Ward. Rl. Scots), a Royal Scots cap badge and a Great War souvenir commemorative medalet, very fine (5)
£180-£220 Entitled to clasp to 1914 Star but not entitled to K.S.A.
William Ward was born at Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, and attested for ‘General Service Infantry’ at Bedford on 29 May 1899, aged 20 years 1 month, and was appointed to the Royal Scots. He served in South Africa from 7 September 1901 to 25 March 1902, and afterwards in India until 1 May 1907, and transferred to Army Reserve the same month. Mobilised in August 1914, he was posted to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots, and proceeded to France on 20 September 1914. He received a gunshot wound to the scalp at Kemmel on 15 April 1915. He afterwards served at Salonika from 13 December 1915 until 10 May 1916, when he embarked for England per H.M. T. Euripides on ‘expiration of service’ and was discharged on 26 May 1916. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extracts.
109 Five: Private J. Tegg, Royal Scots, later Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Paardeberg, Wittebergen, Relief of Kimberley, Driefontein (3744 Pte. J. Tegg. Royal Scots Regt.) re-engraved naming, unofficial rivets, last four clasps all tailor’s copies; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3744 Pte. J. Tegg. Royal Scots Regt.) re- engraved naming as before; 1914 Star, with clasp (6946 Cpl. J. Tegg. 2/Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (6946 Pte. J. Tegg. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) nearly very fine (5)
£100-£140 Sold with copied Medal Index Card which shows ‘France 12.9.14. Reverted for misconduct. Disch. S.W.B. List L/965.’ 110 Seven: Private A. J. Whitnall, East Kent Regiment
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (6395 Pte. A. Whitnall. E. Kent Regt.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (L-6395 Pte. A. J. Whitnall. 1/E. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-6395 Pte. A. J. Whitnall. E. Kent. R.); National Fire Brigades Association Long Service, silver, with ‘Five Years’ and ‘Twenty Years’ bars, edge impressed ‘4166’ and engraved ‘Alfred J. Whitnall’; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service, bronze, reverse engraved ‘Westgate-on-Sea Fire Brigade’, edge impressed ‘6866’ and engraved ‘A. J. Whitnall’; Westgate-on-Sea Fire Brigade Challenge Medal, silver medal by Vaughton & Son, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, unnamed, the reverse inscribed ‘Westgate-on-Sea Fire Brigade Challenge Medal won by...) mounted for wearing, nearly very fine or better (7)
£260-£300 111 Three: Private J. Wood, Liverpool Regiment, later Mercantile Marine
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3021 Pte. J. Woods [sic], Liverpool Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3021 Pte. J. Wood. Liverpool Regt.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Joseph Wood) edge bruising to KSA, nearly very fine and better (3) £140-£180
112 Four: Private T. Lee, Devonshire Regiment, later Army Service Corps
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, South Africa 1901 (2701 Pte. T. Lee, Devon: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (SS-16003 Pte. T. Lee. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (16003 Pte. T. Lee. A.S.C.) together with Silver War Badge (No. 322786) the first with damaged and slack suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (5)
£140-£180
Tom Lee was living at Cullompton, Devon, when he attested for the Devonshire Regiment in London on 30 August 1915, aged 44. He served in France from 9 September 1915 to 8 October 1917, having transferred to the Labour Corps on 16 September 1917, and completed the remainder of his service at home until discharged on 4 February 1918.
Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts, together with Devon Regiment cap badge, lacking reverse fitting, Devon brass shoulder title and A.S.C. cap badge.
113 Six: Sergeant G. Adamson, Cheshire Regiment
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5939 Pte. G. Adamson, 2/Ches: R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5939 Pte. G. Adamson, 2/Ches: R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5939 Pte. G. Adamson. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (5939 Sjt. G. Adamson. Ches. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5939 Sjt. G. Adamson. Ches. R.) mounted as worn, very fine (6) £200-£260
114 Five: Colour-Sergeant Thomas Goddard, Worcestershire Regiment
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (4583 Corpl: G. Goddard. Worcester: Regt.) note initial; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4583 Serjt: T. Goddard. Worcester: Regt.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (4583 W.O. Cl. 2. T. Goddard. Worc. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4583 C. Sjt: T. Goddard. Worc: Regt.) claw damaged and repaired on the first, Boer War medals with slack suspensions, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine, otherwise good very fine (5)
£300-£360
M.I.D. London Gazette 18 December 1917. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and research.
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