Orders, Decorations and Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Transvaal (Capt. B. D. Macculloch, 16/Lcrs.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late John Cooper.

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Captain Bertram D. Macculloch served in the South African war and took part in the relief of Kimberley; operations in Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg and actions at Poplar Grove, Karee Siding and Houtnek; in Orange River Colony, March 1901, and Cape Colony, July 1901 to May 1902 (Medal with three clasps, King’s Medal with two clasps). He was attached to the Southern Nigeria Regiment and took part in the Bende-Onitsha Hinterland Expedition of 1905-06 in Southern Nigeria (Medal and clasp). Served during the Great War 1914-18 (1914 Star).