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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 165

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (30461 Dr. W. J. Gibson. 37th. Batt. R.F.A.), light contact marks and polishing, good fine

William Joseph Gibson was born around 1880 at Rochdale, Lancashire, and attested at Burnley for the 3rd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment on 14 April 1898. A screw maker by profession, Gibson transferred to the Royal Artillery as Driver on 29 September 1898 and served in South Africa before returning home and working as a warehouseman.

Called up for service on 28 July 1916, Gibson was sent to France and posted to 'B' Battery, 46th Brigade, R.F.A., on 16 February 1917. Transferred to No. 1 Section, 18th Divisional Artillery Column, he received an accidental wound to the chin by a bomb blast on 14 September 1918 and was evacuated across the English Channel aboard H.M.H.S. Guildford Castle. Posted to the Army Reserve following the cessation of hostilities, Gibson returned home to his wife who was then living at 41 Roberts Street, Preston; sold with copied service record.


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Sold for
£150

Starting price
£40