Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (Lieut. P. A. Grogan, S. Wales Bord.) last clasp attached by unofficial rod, edge bruising, very fine £160-200

Philip Arnold Grogan was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment in December 1896 and in December 1898 he was advanced to Lieutenant in the same regiment. In January 1899 he was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant in the South Wales Borderers and advanced to Lieutenant in September 1901. Serving in the Boer War he took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900, including the actions at Karree Siding, Vet River and Zand River; and in the Transvaal, May-June 1900, including the action near Johannesburg. In November 1901 Lieutenant Grogan was seconded for service with the West African Regiment and attained the local rank of Captain in June 1903. He resigned his commission in January 1904. With the onset of the Great War he received a commission as a Temporary Captain in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He relinquished his commission in August 1915 due to ill health. With copied service notes.