The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (346 Pte W. J. D. Moran, C.I.V.) nearly extremely 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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William John Dinning Moran was born in Edmonton, Middlesex in 1875. A machinist by occupation, he joined the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in 1897 and served in South Africa with the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War. He was invalided home, after suffering a knee injury, on 27 April 1900. The City Press, 13 June 1900, reported on his return home, also mentioning that he had been given a soiree by Albany Cycling Club, Enfield. His occupation in 1911 was Mechanical Engineer, Government Small Arms, and he died in Edmonton in 1954.