Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Wittebergen (3612 Pte. J. Gillard, Worcester: Regt.) nearly extremely fine £100-£140

Joseph Gillard was born in Tipton, Staffordshire, in 1872 and attested for the Worcestershire Regiment on 15 February 1893. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India and Burma from 16 February 1894 to 24 November 1895, and in South Africa during the Boer War from 6 January 1900 to 14 September 1902 (also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps). He transferred to the Army Reserve on 24 January 1903, and was finally discharged on 14 February 1909, after 16 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.