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Auction: 17003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 483

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (6005 Pte. J. Nash, R. Welsh Fus.), good very fine

John Nash was born at Elphin, Co. Roscommon, Ireland. Enlisting in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers as a regular soldier at Wrexham, he saw active with the 1st Battalion in South Africa (Queen's Medal & 3 clasps; King's Medal & 2 clasps).

Similarly engaged on the outbreak of the Great War, he was embarked for France on 20 October 1914 but was killed in action at Zandvoorde in Belgium just ten days later. The 1st Battalion was annihilated in 20 days of ferocious fighting in October - more than 275 men were killed and 50 wounded on the date of Nash's death on the 30th: by the next morning only 86 men were left standing.

Nash has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial; sold with copied research and medal roll verification.


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Estimate
£120 to £150