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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 41

A Good Jameson Raider´s Group of Six to Sergeant W.T. Pescod, Imperial Light Horse, Mentioned in Despatches For Gallantry During the Boer War; He Was Killed in Action During the Great War At the Battle of Gibeon, German South West Africa, 27.4.1915 British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, for Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Tpr W.T. Pescod. M.M.P. Corps.); Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, five clasps, Elandslaagte, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (105 Serjt: W. Pescod. Natal. F.A.), officially re-impressed; King´s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (87 T. Serjt:-Maj: W.T. Pescod. S.A.C.); 1914-15 Star (Sjt W.T. Pescod 2nd I.L.H.); British War and Victory Medals, bi-lingual issue (Sjt. W.T. Pescod 2nd I.L.H.), good very fine, mounted for display, with recipient´s South African Constabulary Parchment Certificate of Discharge (6) Estimate £ 1,800-2,200 M.I.D. London Gazette 18.7.1902 87 Troop-Sergeant-Major Pescod ´For gallantry and good service in action on Vaal River in February, 1902.´ Sergeant William Thomas Pescod rode on the Jameson Raid of 1895, and in common with many of his fellow raiders was sent back on the ´Harlech Castle´ to England; he served with the Natal Field Artillery during the Boer War and was awarded the clasps for Elandslaagte, Relief of Ladysmith and Transvaal; as Troop Sergeant-Major in the South African Constabulary he earned the additional clasps for Cape Colony and Orange Free State as well as the King´s South Africa medal; served during the Great War with the 2nd Imperial Light Horse and was killed in action at Gibeon Siding, German South West Africa, 27.4.1915, one of approximately 29 killed in this campaign; two of his five brothers were killed at Gallipoli; W.T. Pescod is buried in Gibeon Station Cemetery Provenance: A.A. Upfill-Brown Collection, December 1991

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