Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (942 Pte. H. G. Simpson, C.I.V.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Henry Gardner Simpson was born in Brentford, Middlesex in July 1878. A clerk by occupation, he joined the 1st City of London Rifles in 1896 and served with the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers in South Africa during the Boer War. He was invalided home in May 1900 (City Press 13 June 1900 refers), and subsequently joined the Honourable Artillery Company in 1902. He died in 1959.