Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Private W. Cordwell, 13th Hussars, later Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal; King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (3589 Pte., 13th Hussars); British War and Victory Medals (K.40137 Sto.1., R.N.) good very fine (2) £80-100

Sold with copy of R.N. service papers confirming ‘William Cordwell, born 1 June 1876 at Islington, London; served aboard H.M.S. Pembroke and H.M.S. Dido January 1917 to February 1919.’