Campaign Groups and Pairs 187 Pair: Piper J. Green, Highland Light Infantry, late Scottish Rifles
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2448 Pte. J. Green. Scottish Rifles); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (3299492 Pte. J. Green. 7-H.L.I.) the first polished, otherwise nearly very fine or better (2)
£180-£220 Sold with the following Highland Games prize medals for piping or highland dancing (8):
Engraved silver medal, obv ‘Scottish Brigade, Perham Down 1902’, rev ‘Presented by Colonel Robertson Aikman 4th H.L.I.’, named on the edge and on the suspension bar ‘Piper Green 4th S.R.’, with tartan ribbon; 9-carat gold watch fob medal, hallmarked Birmingham 1901, ‘Douglas 1902 S&R J. Green’; 9-carat gold watch fob medal, hallmarked Birmingham 1902, ‘Douglas 1902 Marches J. Green’; Silver ‘Cowal Medal’ watch fob medal (2); Silver ‘Macneal Shield’ watch fob medal (2); Silver ‘Argyll Shield’ watch fob medal, these last five all with Birmingham hallmarks but unnamed.
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Four: Regimental Sergeant Major J. P. Hardingham, Middlesex Regiment, late East Surrey Regiment
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (3056 Serjt: J. P. Hardingham. E. Surrey Regt.); British War Medal 1914-20 (G-97411 W.O. Cl.1. J. P. Hardingham. Midd’x R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (G-97411 R.S. Mjr. J. P. Hardingham. 52/Midd’x R.); Army L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (3056 C. Sjt: J. P. Hardingham. E. Surrey Regt.); together with an Army Temperance Association Award of Merit Medal, silver, the reverse officially impressed ‘Cr-Sergt. J. Hardingham 4th. Bn E. Surrey Regt 1904’, light contact marks, generally very fine and better (5)
£300-£400 M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919.
John Percy Hardingham was born in 1872 and attested for the East Surrey Regiment on 17 July 1890. Promoted Corporal on 28 June 1892 and Sergeant on 18 November 1904, he served with the 4th Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 19 March to 6 September 1902, and was promoted Colour Sergeant on 24 August 1903. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 20 November 1909, and was discharged on 16 July 1911, after 21 years’ service.
Following the outbreak of the Great War Hardingham re-enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment, was advanced Warrant Officer Class I, and was appointed Regimental Sergeant Major on 30 July 1915. He served throughout the period of hostilities at home with various Training Reserve Battalions, only proceeding to France in April 1919 (and as such only qualified for the British War Medal). For his services during the Great War his service papers record that he was ‘Mentioned in Gazette Supplement of 24.2.17 for valuable services rendered’, and he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal whilst serving with the 52nd Battalion. He was discharged on 18 April 1920, after a further 5 years and 77 days’ service.
Sold with copied research.
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Pair: Orderly W. H. Coultherst, St. John Ambulance Brigade
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (1005 Ordly: W. H. Coultherst. St. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (1005. Pte. W. H. Coultherst. Dalton-in-Furness Div.) minor contact marks to latter, good very fine (2)
£400-£500 W. H. Coultherst served as an Orderly at No. 15 General Hospital, Natal.
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Five: Petty Officer 1st Class A. Roberts, Royal Navy
China 1900, no clasp (A. Roberts, P.O. 2. Cl. H.M.S. Marathon.); 1914-15 Star (168043, A. Roberts, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (168043 A. Roberts. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (168043 Alfred Roberts, P.O. 1. Cl. H.M.S. Victory.) mounted for display, generally very fine or better (5)
£280-£320
Alfred Roberts was born in London in July 1876. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in July 1892, and advanced to Petty Officer 1st Class in October 1901. Roberts served H.M.S. Marathon, June 1898 - December 1901, subsequent service included at H.M. S. Egmont and with H.M.S. St. George and H.M.S. Sandhurst.
He was Shore Demobilised in December 1919.
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