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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 46

(x) Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (3734 Pte. W. Perry. Rl: Warwick: Regt.), edge nicks and minor wear, nearly very fine

William Perry was born around 1873 and attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment on 3 March 1891, noting previous service as a Militiaman and his trade as a shoe maker. Appointed Lance Corporal in the 5th Battalion on 1 July 1900, Perry was disembodied on 18 October 1900, before being mobilised for a second term on 2 December 1901 and embarking for South Africa on 16 December 1901:

'On arrival the battalion furnished detachments at several places in Cape Colony with Headquarters at Worcester. February 10th 1902, proceeded to Beaufort West and took over the Blockhouse line between that place and Victoria Road. April 14th, marched to Carnarvon for duty on the Blockhouse line from this place to Kaffir's Kraal. A detachment was present at the siege of Ookiep. On May 12th the Blockhouses about Carnarvon were attacked and the Boers driven off' (The History of the Militia, The Constitutional Force, by Colonel G. Jackson Hay, refers).

Perry returned to England on 10 September 1902 having likely spent his final months guarding Boer prisoners. He was disembodied on 29 September 1902 and discharged time-expired on 2 March 1905, giving his address as 58 Sheep Street, Birmingham; sold with copied service record.


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Sold for
£60

Starting price
£30