Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Warrant Officer Class II G. H. Bowden, Manchester Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Belfast, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (7195 Pte. G. H. Bowden, Vol. Coy. Manch: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (30 C.S.Mjr. G. H. Bowden. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (30 W.O. Cl.2. G. H. Bowden. Manch. R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (30 sjt: G. H. Bowden. 10/Manch: Regt.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, reverse officially numbered ‘454507’; two Lancashire Special Constabulary lapel badges; and a Royal Life Saving Society Badge, edge bruising to QSA, generally very fine (9) £280-£320

George Henry Bowden attested for the Manchester Regiment, and served with the Volunteer Company in South Africa during the Boer War, and subsequently during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 5 May 1915, receiving a Silver War Badge.