The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (1495 Bomb: F. G. Valentine, C.I.V.) good very fine £100-£140

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

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Frederick George Valentine was born in St. John’s Wood, London in 1870 and was a commercial traveller by occupation. As a member of the B Sub-division of the Battery, he was one of just 9 men from the 1st Sussex Artillery Volunteers to serve with the City of London Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. Returning to England, he lived in St. Mary’s, Southampton, and on 14 November 1902, attested for the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia), being discharged by purchase on 1 May 1904. He was still a member of the Regimental Old Comrades Association in 1969 - the last time a list of members was made - living at 19 London St., Brighton.

Colonel Boxall was appointed Depot Commandant of the C.I.V. on 6 February 1900. The C.I.V. was recruited from London Volunteer Regiments; however, since Colonel Boxall had been an officer of the Sussex Artillery Volunteers since April 1873, he asked for nine or ten volunteers from his old regiment to join the C.I.V. for active service in South Africa. Valentine was one of those volunteers.