The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg (405 Pte. J. W. Hammond, C.I.V.) medal showing signs of having either been abrasively acid cleaned, or subjected to fire, the clasp facings both re-affixed to carriage, therefore fair, the naming fully legible £40-£50

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

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John William Hammond was born in the Parish of St. Clement Danes, The Strand, London in 1879. A toolmaker by occupation, he joined the Central London Rangers on 15 February 1897 and served with their detachment in South Africa during the Boer War in the No. 2 Mounted Infantry Company of the City Imperial Volunteers. He was invalided home on 8 June 1900, the City Press stating of him on 18 July 1900, ‘Recently returned, sick.’

Hammond served in the 1st London Royal Engineers Volunteers from 20 March 1901 until 20 May 1908, when he attested for the 2nd Battery, County of London, Royal Garrison Artillery, remaining with them until 19 May 1912.