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20 August 2020

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The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 432

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20 August 2020

Hammer Price:
£240

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (1349 Pte. E. L. Beardwell, C.I.V.) nearly extremely fine £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance: Spink, May 1977.

Edgar Laurence Beardwell was born in Lambeth, London in 1878 and educated in Paris and London. At the age of 15 he joined the 1st Cadet Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, serving 4 years. In 1896 he gave evidence at the Old Bailey, giving his occupation as assistant-manager at the Maskes Lyne British Typewriter Company. Having joined the 3rd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers in 1897, he served with the No. 1 Company Mounted Infantry, City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. He was thrown from his horse receiving injuries and was kept in Johannesburg hospital for some time, later dying of enteric fever at Pretoria on 19 September 1900. In relation to which, the following appeared in the Volunteer Record & Shooting News 12 July 1901:
‘Major-General W. H. Mackinnon, C.B., unveiled in the Chapel Royal, Savoy, a tablet erected, by permission of the King, to the memory of Gunner Edgar Laurence Beardwell (formerly 4th Company 3rd Middlesex Volunteer Artillery), who died of enteric fever at Pretoria while attached to the C.I.V. Mounted Infantry.’