Four: Private M. E. Coleman, 3rd Volunteer Battalion Royal Fusiliers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Corporal, 2/3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (150 Pte. M. E. Coleman, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (2952 L.Cpl. M. E. Coleman. 3/Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2952 Cpl. M. E. Coleman 3-Lond. R.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £140-£180

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

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Millman Ernest Coleman was born in St. Pancras, London, in 1880. A collar maker by occupation, he joined the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in 1898 and served in South Africa with the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. After the outbreak of the Great War, he attested for the 2/3rd (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) on 8 September 1914 and served with them in the Balkans from 13 September 1915. The battalion landed at Helles attached to the 86th Brigade of the 29th Division and engaged in various actions against the Turkish Army including First Battle of Krithia, the Second Battle of Krithia, the Third Battle of Krithia, the Battle of Gully Ravine, the Battle of Krithia Vineyard, the Battle of Scimitar Hill. They were evacuated from Gallipoli to Egypt due to severe casualties from combat, disease and harsh weather and attached to the 53rd Division. He transferred to the Labour Corps as a Corporal, was admitted to Queen Alexandra’s Military Hospital at Millbank in 1919 and was discharged on 2 April 1919 having suffered impairment since entry into the service and awarded a Silver War Badge. He died in Hampstead in 1967.

Sold together with the recipient’s Freedom of the City of London parchment certificate, this slightly torn