The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Five: Sergeant W. R. Hurst, 16th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later 17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles), London Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (117 Sgt. W. R. Hurst, C.I.V.); British War and Victory Medals (2279 Sjt. W. R. Hurst. 17-Lond. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (2279 Sjt. W. R. Hurst. 17-Lond. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (250 C.Sjt: W. R. Hurst. 4/London Regt.) mounted as worn; together with silver vesta case, hallmarks for Birmingham 1900, presented by the recipient’s Company Commander, the front inscribed ‘C.I.V. 1900. Sergt. Hurst. from Lieut. B. C. Green. C.I.V.’, the reverse inscribed ‘South Africa’, very fine or better (6) £400-£500

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

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William Robert Hurst, a bookbinder, joined the 16th Middlesex (London Irish) Rifle Volunteers in 1896 and served in South Africa with their 26 man City Imperial Volunteers detachment as a Sergeant of “B” Company in the Infantry Battalion.