The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (510 Pte. E. Belcher, C.I.V.) 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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Edward Belcher was born at Wantage, Berkshire (now Oxfordshire) in 1871, the son of John Belcher, an ironmonger, and his Wife, Emma, with whom he was residing, in 1881, at Bridgnorth St. Leonard, Shropshire. He enlisted into the 1st Surrey Rifles on 20 December 1897 and, giving his occupation as legal clerk, served with their detachment in South Africa during the Boer War in the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers.

At the conclusion of his service in the C.I.V., Belcher continued to serve in South Africa in the Provisional Transvaal Constabulary from 22 September 1900 to 23 October 1900.

Belcher is a confirmed recipient of the Bridgnorth Boer War Tribute Medal. (Hibbard A.6 refers)