Orders, Decorations and Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (8553 Pte. J. Bott, K.R.R.C.); together with an erased King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps, good very fine (2)
£200-250

Joseph Bott was born in Birmingham. A Brass Worker by occupation, he attested for service in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 10 May 1894, aged 18 years, 9 months. Posted initially to the 3rd Battalion, then the in February 1896, to the 1st, he served in India, February 1896-January 1897. As a member of “G” Company, he was a survivor from the wreck of the Warren Hastings when she ran aground and was wrecked off the Island of Reunion, on 14 January 1897. He remained on Mauritius, January 1897-March 1899 before being posted to South Africa, March 1899-September 1902. Returning to England, he was transferred to the Army Reserve in October 1902 and discharged in May 1906. Sold with copied service papers and other research.