Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Wittebergen (2188. Sapr. W. C. Chalmers. R.E.) engraved naming, edge bruising, polished and worn, good fine £120-£160

William Cowperthwaite Chalmers was born in Perth, Scotland, in 1875 and attested there for the Royal Engineers on 15 August 1898. He served in South Africa during the Boer War from 15 July 1899 to 10 February 1905 (also entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal with the usual two date clasps), before transferring to the Reserve on 15 August 1905. He was discharged on 14 August 1910, after 12 years’ service. An architect by profession, he subsequently emigrated to Canada, where he became a noted watercolourist.

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