The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Three: Corporal C. E. Roos, 13th Middlesex (Queen’s Westminster) Volunteer Rifles and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Sergeant, West Kent (Queens Own) Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (1289 Cpl. C. E. Roos, C.I.V.); British War and Victory Medals (1263 Sjt. C. E. Roos. R. W. Kent. R.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £140-£180

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

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Charles Edward Roos was born in Dulwich, Surrey in 1874. A stock exchange employee, he joined the 13th Middlesex (Queen’s Westminster) Volunteer Rifles in 1899 and served as a Lance-Corporal in South Africa with their detachment, forming part of No. 1 Company, Mounted Infantry, City Imperial Volunteers.

Following the outbreak of the Great War, Roos attested for the West Kent (Queen’s Own) Yeomanry on 7 September 1914, serving with them on the Western Front. Wounded on 1 December 1916, he transferred to the 234th Divisional Employment Company, Labour Corps and was promoted to Sergeant on 1 February 1918. He died in Surrey in 1947.