The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private W. Barnett, Middlesex Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5348 Pte. W. Barnett, Middlesex Regt.:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5348 Pte. W. Barnett, Middlesex Regt.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £240-£280

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

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Walter George Barnett was born in Uxbridge in March 1880 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment on 14 March 1898, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he served in South Africa during the Boer War, latterly with the Mounted Infantry Company, and was one of only 39 men from the Regiment (excluding the Volunteer Companies) to receive the Natal clasp. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 13 March 1905, and was discharged on 13 March 1910, after 12 years’ service.