The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1902, date clasp a tailor’s copy (239 Pte. H. F. Q. Emson, C.I.V.) edge bruising, otherwise good very 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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Horace Frank Quilter Emson was born in Colchester in 1866. He enlisted into the 19th Middlesex (Bloomsbury Rifles) on 13 January 1891 and served with their detachment in South Africa during the Boer War with the Infantry Battalion, City Imperial Volunteers. He further served in South Africa as a Lance Corporal with the 3rd Special Service Company, King’s Royal Rifle Corps (No. 5005), returning home 28 June 1902, thus additionally qualifying for the South Africa 1902 clasp to his Q.S.A.

After the outbreak of the Great War, Emson attested for service with the 6th Battalion, Rifle Brigade on 23 April 1915, serving overseas and advancing to Company Quarter Master Sergeant. He was discharged on 6 August 1918, no longer physically fit for war service, aged 51 and was awarded a Silver War badge.