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Auction: 22103 - Orders, Decorations and Medals VII - e-Auction
Lot: 368

(x) Pair: Private J. Wilson, Coldstream Guards

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (2414 Pte J. Wilson, Cldstm: Gds:); King's Souith Africa 1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2414 Pte J. Wilson. Coldstream Guards.), suspension loose, slight edge bruising contact wear overall, nearly very fine (2)

Joseph Wilson was born at London in 1875, the son of Robert Wilson of Gracious Street, Gracious Street, Knaresborough. Serving- prior to enlistment with the Guards- in the 3rd Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, he further listed service in the 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment on his attestation. Enlisting with the Coldstream Guards on 3 February 1899 Wilson had seen less that a years' service before being thrust into combat with the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War.

Wilson was posted to South Africa on 21 October 1899 and will have been stationed with the 1st Guards Brigade under Major General Colville during the bloody push to relieve Kimberly. Most notably they held their ground under intense fire at the Modder River despite high casualties. Wilson later took part in the advances upon the Boer capitals of Bloemfontein and Pretoria seeing further heavy fighting. Leaving South Africa on 6 October 1902 he was posted to the Army Reserve on 16 October have completed his period of service. Wilson died while still serving in the Reserve on 1 March 1910 at Stockton-on-Tees as a result of acute Pneumonia and heart failure. He is buried at Guisborough Cemetery; sold together with copied research including medal rolls, service records and census data.

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Sold for
£350

Starting price
£210