Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (5399 Pte. W. Culley. Cam’n Highrs:) worn, good fine £60-80

W. Culley attested for the Cameron Highlanders in 1900, and advanced Lance-Corporal in August of the same year. He was appointed (Acting) Piper at the Depot to fill the vacancy created when Piper J. McPhee left to accompany the Inauguration Contingent to Australia in November 1900.

Culley served with the 2nd Battalion in Gibraltar, and took 1st Place in the Highland Fling at the Battalion’s Annual Games when they were held on the Europa Flats. He transferred to the 1st Battalion, and served with them during the Second Boer War. (Pipers of the Highland Regiments 1854-1902, by R. H. Crawford, refers)