The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

The Q.S.A. awarded to Major A. G. Pawle, who commanded the 18th Middlesex (Paddington) Rifle Volunteers and served as Second in Command of the Infantry Battalion, City of London Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Driefontein, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between fourth and fifth clasps (Major A. G. Pawle, C.I.V.) fire damaged, giving slightly corroded and warped appearance, suspension post re-soldered and consequently non-swivel, therefore fine £200-£240

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

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Alfred George Pawle was born in Bloomsbury, London in 1862. A solicitor by profession, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 18th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers (Paddington Rifles) on 1 April 1879, advanced Major on 13 January 1894, Lieutenant-Colonel on 22 July 1896, and Honorary Colonel on 27 September 1899, his Territorial Decoration being announced in the London Gazette, 31 October 1899.

On 3 January 1900, Pawle was appointed second in command of the Infantry Battalion of the City of London Imperial Volunteers, with the temporary rank of Major in the Army, and proceeded with them to South Africa. For his services during the Boer War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901).

On the disbandment of the C.I.V. Pawle was was granted honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army and remained Honorary Colonel of the 18th Middlesex V.R.C. He continued to serve in the Imperial Yeomanry until 28 January 1901, thus receiving the South Africa 1901 clasp to his Q.S.A.

On 1 April 1908 Pawle was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel with Honorary Rank of Colonel of the 10th (County of London) Battalion (Paddington Rifles), London Regiment, remaining in command until 27 May 1912. During the Great War he commanded the 11th Battalion (St. Helens), Prince of Wales’s Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) until his resignation on account of ill-health, 8 February 1915, seeing no overseas service. His sole Great War entitlement was a Silver War Badge. He died in New York City in 1925.

Note: Pawles’ Q.S.A. was formerly in a private collection in New England, in a house that was destroyed by fire, circa 1990.