Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Private J. Cullum, Essex Regiment
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (1644 Pte. J. Cullum, 1st. Essex Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1644 Pte. J. Cullam [sic]. Essex Regt.) good very fine

Pair: Private G. H. Cullum, Bedfordshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (37826 Pte G. H. Cullum. Bedf. R.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £180-£220

John Cullum was born in Burnham, Essex, in 1865 and attested for the Essex Regiment on 18 January 1886, having previously served in the Regiment’s 4th (Militia) Battalion. He served with the Regiment entirely at home, before transferring to the Reserve on 18 January 1893, and was discharged on 17 January 1898, after 12 years’ service. He re-engaged in the Reserve on 18 January 1898, and was recalled to the Colours on 14 December 1899, serving with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 29 December 1899 to 9 August 1902. He was finally discharged on 14 August 1902, after 16 years and 209 days’ service.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.

George H. Cullum, the son of John Cullum, served with the Bedfordshire Regiment during the Great War.