Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (352 Pte. W. A. L. Hewitt, C.I.V.) 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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William Algernon Lambert Hewitt was born in St. Leonards, Sussex in 1879. A draughtsman by occupation, he joined the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in 1898 and served in South Africa with the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. He died in Dover, Kent in 1964.