Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Captain W. T. E. Wallace, Liverpool Regiment, late Loch’s Horse

Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Transkei (Tpr. W. T. E. Wallace, Civ. Des. Mesr.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Lieut. W. T. E. Wallace, Loch’s Horse); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Capt. W. T. E. Wallace, King’s L’pool. Rgt.) nicely toned, good very fine (3) £800-1000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals.

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William Thomas Ewart Wallace was educated privately and at St. George’s Cathedral College, Cape Town. Served with the Cape Government Postal and Telegraphic Service. Transferred to the British South Africa Company’s Administrative Service in 1894 but resigned after the Jameson Raid of 1896. Was appointed a Lieutenant in the Mashonaland Defence Force 1893. Served in the Second Boer War. Was a Lieutenant in “C” Troop, B Squadron, Loch’s Horse, June 1900-May 1901; Promoted Captain in January 1901. Served as Acting Provost Marshal, 6th Mounted infantry (De Lisles). Captain in the 4th Battalion Liverpool Regiment, June 1901. After the war he served as Superintendent in the Royal Engineers telegraph construction party in Nigeria, 1903-05. Seconded as Assistant Superintendent of Telegraphs in East Africa, December 1905; served as Assistant Telegraph Engineer and Assistant Postmaster General for Uganda in 1912; transferred to the department of the Postmaster General in the Gold Coast in 1913 and served as Acting Postmaster General on several occasions. On the outbreak of war he was appointed a Major in the 13th Battalion Liverpool Regiment. Served in the Gold Coast at Accra as Censor, December 1914-January 1916; was on special military service at Palime, Togoland, February 1916. During August 1916-January 1917 was on the headquarters supply staff of the Ministry of Munitions. After the war he returned to the Gold Coast as Acting Engineer-in-Chief of the Postal Telegraph Service, November 1923-May 1924. Wallace retired as Deputy Postmaster General of the Gold Coast in 1929. With copied research.