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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 189

(x) Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1901 (5635 Pte. L. Williams, Welsh Regt.), note first initial, heavy edge nicks, otherwise nearly very fine

J. Williams served with the 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment, and was killed in action on 20 May 1901 near Elandshoek, when British troops attempted to defend a derailed train on the railway line between Alkmaar and Godwaan. The circumstances are carefully described in the citation of the D.S.O. to 2nd Lieutenant D. L. Campbell, 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment:

'He most gallantly held an armoured truck for more than an hour with only three men. The Boers had possession of the rest of the train and were firing into the truck from the roof of the next carriage and from the sides of the cutting. He was repeatedly called on to surrender but refused.'


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