Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria. To coincide with the OMRS Convention

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Talana, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (4643 Pte. W. Beatwell, 18/Hrs.) some contact marks, nearly very fine £200-250

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

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4643 Private W. Beatwell, 18th Hussars, was reported as missing in action at Sandspruit, 26 June 1900, but was later released by the Boers, and was wounded at Witpoort, 14 October 1900. Beatwell was discharged on 23 July 1901 and in 1904 was an occupant of a cottage in Tidenham, Gloucestershire provided by Colonel Manling for use by soldiers of the regiment who had been discharged medically unfit through wounds received in South Africa. Sold with some service details.