Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (82754 Dr: G. Godwin, P,B, R.H.A.) good very fine £80-£100

George Godwin was born in the Parish of Chedworth, near Cirencester, in 1873. A labourer, he attested at Woolwich for the Royal Artillery on 5 January 1891, initially serving with “L” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Following a rather inauspicious start in India where he was tried, convicted and imprisoned for disobedience, Godwin transferred to “W” Battery whilst still in the cells. Just a couple of years after release, he repeated the same mistake when convicted and imprisoned for insubordinate language and striking a non-commissioned officer. Returned home to England on 18 December 1898, Godwin served in South Africa from 28 October 1899 to 6 September 1902, before discharge on 4 January 1903.

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