Three: Sergeant G. F. W. Walker, St. John Ambulance Brigade

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, clasps loose on riband (969 Ordly: G. F. W. Walker, St. John Amb: Bde); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (969. Pte. G. F. W. Walker. Dudley Corps.); Service Medal of the Order of St John, silver, straight bar suspension (2628. Sgt. G. F. W. Walker (Birmingham ‘C’ Div. No.3 Dist. S.J.A.B. 1922.) edge bruise to first, light contact marks, generally very fine (3) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Norman Gooding Collection.

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George Frederick William Walker was born in Dudley, Worcestershire, around 1882. He is confirmed on the QSA roll as serving during the Boer War with St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, the entry noting the Orange Free State clasp issued on 1 June 1907 and the Natal clasp issued off roll. Initially posted as Orderly to No. 7 General Hospital in Pretoria, Walker later transferred to Harrismith, before returning home to the West Midlands and forging a successful career with the S.J.A.B. in his home town.