The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (1239 Pte. G. M. Hudson, C.I.V.) retaining rod re-affixed, minor edge bruise, very fine £80-£120

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

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George Morgan Hudson was born in West Ham, Essex in July 1878. An engineer by occupation, he enlisted into the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment on 4 November 1895 and served in South Africa during the Boer War with their City Imperial Volunteers detachment in No. 2 Company of the Mounted Infantry. He died in 1965 in Essex.

Note: The medal roll shows the recipient was entitled to clasps for Johannesburg, Diamond Hill and Wittebergen as well as Cape Colony.