The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Three: Major W. W. Grantham, 14th Middlesex (Inns of Court) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, who served as Adjutant of the C.I.V. Depot

Jubilee 1897, silver (W. W. Grantham) contemporarily engraved naming; Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed; Volunteer Officers’ Decoration, E.VII.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1903, with integral top riband bar, very fine and better (3) £160-£200

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

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William Wilson Grantham was born on 7 January 1866 and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, serving as Captain of Cambridge University Rifle Volunteers. Called to the Bar (Inner Temple) in 1890, he was appointed Lieutenant in the 14th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers on 14 May 1892. He was commissioned Temporary Captain in the Army (C.I.V.) on 10 March 1900 whilst Adjutant of the City Imperial Volunteers Depot at the London Guildhall and then Honorary Captain on 1 December for services with the C.I.V., having been advanced Honorary Major in the 14th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers on 12 October 1900.

Grantham was awarded his Volunteer Officers’ Decoration on 15 March 1907, whilst he was still serving with 14th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers. Transferring to the 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, as Captain on 16 April 1913, he was promoted Major on 1 June 1916. He served throughout the Great War with the same battalion, which, in keeping with most Cyclist Battalions, served at home on coast defence work; he was therefore not eligible for any Great War medals. He died 18 February 1942.