The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Four: Private R. W. Waters, 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Company Quartermaster Sergeant, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Wittebergen, Diamond Hill, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (936 Pte. R. W. Waters, C.I.V.); 1914-15 Star (R-429 C.Q.M. Sjt. R. W. Waters. K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-429 C.Sjt. R. W. Waters. K.R. Rif. C.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £160-£200

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

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Reginald Warren Waters was born in Walworth in 1873 and was a clerk by occupation. He joined the 1st City of London Rifle Volunteers in 1893 and served in South Africa with the 1st Company, Mounted Infantry, City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. City Press published letters from Waters on 7 April 1900, 6 June 1900 and 18 July 1900, with topics covering active service life, the death of Sergeant Kingsford (Waters was a pall bearer), and Pretoria respectively.

Transferring to the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, Waters was promoted to Company Quarter Master Sergeant and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 May 1915.