The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. McDonald, 2nd Kent Artillery Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Royal Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (487 Pte. H. McDonald, C.I.V.); British War and Victory Medals (1882 Gnr. H. McDonald. R.A.) mounted as worn, edge bruise to first, very fine or better (3) £120-£160

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

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Henry McDonald was born in Woolwich, London in 1880 and was a labourer by occupation. He joined the 2nd Kent Artillery Volunteers in 1897 and was one of 12 men from that unit to serve with the City Imperial Volunteers in South Africa during the Boer War. He married Minnie Lobb in 1905 and served during the Great War with the Royal Artillery. In 1939 he was employed as a Rigger at Woolwich Arsenal. He died in 1953.