Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small reverse letters (585 Pte. W. Wood, 1st Dragoons) edge bruising, very fine

Four: Corporal W. H. Woodborne, 4th South African Infantry, late Northumberland Fusiliers and King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died on 19 August 1917
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6237 Pte., North’d. Fus.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (6237 Pte., North’d. Fus.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl., 4th S.A.I.) first two with contact marks and some edge bruising nearly very fine and better

Pair: J. V. Woodborne, Quartermaster Service Corps
War and Africa Service Medals, officially impressed (237922 J. V. Woodborne) these extremely fine (7) £350-450

William Wood was born in the village of Sawdon, near Scarborough, North Yorkshire on 28 July 1840. A Sawyer by occupation, he attested for the 1st Royal Dragoons at Westminster on 8 July 1862, aged 21 years. He served at Home throughout his military service. He was discharged on 9 July 1883 having completed his second period of service.

His son, William Henry Wood was born in Dundalk in 1871. A Labourer by occupation and a member of the 1st Volunteer Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, he attested for the King’s Royal Rifles under the alias ‘Woodborne’, at Leeds on 9 July 1891, aged 19 years. He served with the 2nd Battalion K.R.R.C. during 1891-99, serving overseas at Gibraltar, December 1891-January 1895; Malta, January 1895-July 1896, and South Africa, July 1896-February 1899. Transferred to the Army Reserve in February 1899, he rejoined the colours in October the same year, being posted to the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. With them he served in South Africa, October 1899-November 1901; being discharged at Cape Town on 27 November 1901. Remaining in South Africa he was serving with the Railway Police prior to returning to military service in the Great War, when he served as a Corporal Bugler with the 4th South African Infantry. He served in South Africa, August-September 1915; England, September-December 1915; Egypt, December 1915-April 1916, and France, April-August 1916, being wounded in action on 6 June 1916. Woodborne died in Wynberg Camp, South Africa on 19 August 1917, aged 49 years, and was buried in the Cape Town (Maitland) Cemetery. He was the husband of C. E. Woodborne, of 16 Arnold Street, Observatory, Cape Province.

John Victor Woodborne was the son and grandson of the above. With a quantity of copied service papers and other research.