Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Lance-Sergeant P. E. Quigley, Worcestershire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4066 Corpl: P. Quigley, Worcester: Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (4066 L. Sjt. P. Quigley. 2/Worc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (4066 Corpl. P. Quigley. Worc. R.) first with contact marks, nearly very fine, otherwise good very fine (4) £200-£260

Percy Edgar Quigley was born in the Parish of St Bartholomew, London, and attested for the Worcestershire Regiment on 16 May 1894, aged 14 years, a musician by trade. He served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa from 25 June 1901, and was promoted to Corporal on 20 June 1902. He next served in Ceylon and the East Indies from October 1904 to November 1907, and, following a period at home, served in India from March 1911 to October 1912, before returning home again. He served with the Expeditionary Force in France from 12 August to 19 September 1914, and afterwards at home with the 5th (Militia) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment until 15 May 1916, when he was discharged on completion of his second period of engagement. He died in Aldershot on 25 December 1961, aged 81. Sold with copied discharge papers and other copied research.