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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 195

(x) Four: Sergeant E. Holdaway, County of London Yeomanry, late Royal Horse Artillery

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (71300 Dr E. Holdaway , G Bty., R.H.A.); 1914-15 Star (1128 L. Cpl. E. Holdaway. 3-Co. of Lond. Y.); British War and Victory Medals (1128 Sjt. E. Holdaway. 3-Co. of Lond. Y.), mounted as worn, minor contact marks, overall very fine (4)

Edward Holdaway was born at Chalvey, Chuckinghamshire in 1871, the son of William and Mary Anne Holdaway of 1 Garibaldi Place, Upton cum Chalvey, Eton. Enlisting on 7 March 1889 with the Royal Artillery having previously served as Groom and private in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Posted first to '2' Brigade he transferred to 'A' Brigade and then to a Royal Horse Artillery Depot following the reorganisation of the Artillery. Transferring to the Army Reserve on 6 March 1896 he was recalled for service in the Second Boer War on 9 October 1899 and posted on 23 January 1900. He returned to the Army Reserve on 3 March 1902. He found work as a cook, living in Windsor but with the outbreak of the Great War returned again to service with 1/3 County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) with the rank of Private but later promoted Lance Corporal. Holdaway entered the war in Egypt on 28 March 1915, from here the unit served in Gallipoli from August and after a brief tour of Salonika it arrived in Palestine in June 1917. Here they participated in the Battle of Gaza, the advance on Jerusalem and had a notable role in holding the city against Ottoman counter attacks. Posted to France in 1918 Holdaway was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 13 June 1918 and later to the Royal Army Service Corps on 6 September 1918, with the rank of Sergeant. He was finally disembodied on 11 May 1919, living for some time afterwards he passed away at Whulus Cottage, Lake End, Dovney on 8 September 1949 of heart failure; sold together with copied service records, census information and M.I.C. For the medals of his brother Private H. J. Holdaway please see lot 194.

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Sold for
£210

Starting price
£160