Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (174686. A:B: J.W. Wilson. H.M.S. Monarch.) engraved naming, edge bruising, very fine £700-£900

Approximately 61 ‘Relief of Kimberley’ clasps awarded to the Royal Navy, to men from H.M.S. Doris, Monarch, and Powerful.

Approximately 144 five clasp Queen’s South Africa Medals awarded to the Royal Navy.

John Walter Wilson was born in Bermondsey, London, in May 1877, and joined the Royal Navy as Boy Second Class, serving in H.M.S. Impregnable, in July 1893. He transferred to H.M.S. Monarch in January 1897, was promoted Able Seaman in March 1899, serving in South Africa during the Boer War. He transferred to H.M.S. Pembroke in July 1900, and was discharged in December 1905.