Four: Private H. J. Holdaway, Cameron Highlanders

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2991. Pte. H. Holdoway [sic] 1/Cam. Hrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2991. Pte. H. Holdaway. 1: Cam’n: Hdrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2991 Pte. H. Holdaway. Cameron Highrs:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (2991. Pte. Holdaway 1 Cam Highrs) contemporarily engraved in the usual Regimental style, the obverses of the first three and the reverse of the last abrasively cleaned, heavy contact marks partially obscuring naming, suspensions somewhat loose, therefore fair to fine, the reverses generally very fine (4) £500-£700

Harry James Holdaway was born at Chalvey, Buckinghamshire, in 1874 and attested for the Cameron Highlanders at Inverness on 1 February 1892, having previously served with the 5th (Militia) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 4 October 1897 to 2 March 1900, and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 March 1900 to 7 November 1902. He transferred to the Reserve on 1 February 1904, and that same year commenced work at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, as a Cadets’ servant. The 1939 Register still lists him as being employed at the College, and hand-written date calculations on the cover of his service papers tally to 46 years and 10 months, possibly an indication as to his time spent in the army and then at Sandhurst. He died in Camberwell, London, in January 1956.

Sold with copied record of service; medal roll extracts; and copied research.