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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 1030

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen; King's South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps; Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R.; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., good very fine, mounted court-style for wear (4)

Provenance:
Ex-Irvin Mortenson Collection.

George Weaver was born at Yalding, near Maidstone in Kent in 1873. He attested for the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards at Chatham on 15 May 1891, rising to Lance Corporal on 26 October 1892 and Sergeant on 20 July 1898. On 15 March 1898 he extended his service to 12 years with the Colours, receiving a bounty of £2. He married Jessie McLellan of 107 Queen's Gate, South Kensington on 5 March 1900 at the Registry Office in Hanover Square, London. Promoted to Colour-Sergeant two days later, he sailed with the Battalion to South Africa aboard the Britannic, arriving at Cape Town on 6 April 1900. Part of the 16th Infantry Brigade, the Scots Guards marched to Senekal on 25 May and were present at the action near Biddulphsberg four days later, where the Boers commanded the high ground and inflicted severe casualties. Weaver qualified for the 'Wittebergen' clasp, since the Battalion spent six weeks guarding the passes west of Brandwater Basin from late June. He was recommended for the Long Service & Good Conduct Medal on 1 July 1909 (WO 102/7). The 1911 census shows him living at 6 Mandalay Road, Clapham. His full-size awards are held by the Scots Guards Museum; sold with copied research.


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£60