Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Pte. W. Swanson, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, killed in action, 28 October 1914

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6904 Pte., K.O.S.B.); 1914 Star (6904 Pte., K.O. Sco. Bord.) good very fine (2) £160-200

Walter Swanson was born in Edgehill, Lancaster, lived in Glasgow and enlisted at Edinburgh. Serving in the 2nd Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers, he was killed in action on 28 October 1914. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ler Touret Memorial.

With copied (fragmentary) service papers and other research.