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Auction: 24113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 419

Pair: Private J. Walmsley, 1st Battalion, Scots Guards

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, (510. Pte. J. Walmsley, Scots Gds:); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (510. Pte. J. Walmsley, Scots Guards.), good very fine (2)

Joseph Walmsley was an 18-year-old sawyers' labourer from Longridge, Preston in Lancashire when he enlisted in the 1st Battalion, The Scots Guards on 6 September 1894. With the Guards, he served in South Africa from September 1899 to July 1902 and was discharged on 5 September 1906; sold together with copied service papers.

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Sold for
£380

Starting price
£140