Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private W. Lambert, Royal Horse Artillery, later Army Veterinary Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Belfast (52457 Gnr: L [sic] Lambert, O Bty., R.H.A.) initial corrected; 1914-15 Star (SE-10036 Pte W. Lambert. A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals (SE-10036 Pte. W. Lambert. A.V.C.) contact marks and edge knocks, generally very fine (4) £140-£180

William Lambert, a labourer from Ipswich, Suffolk, attested for the Royal Horse Artillery at Colchester, Essex on 1 January 1886. He transferred to the Reserve on 1 January 1893 and was discharged on 31 December 1897, re-enlisting for the reserve for four years on 4 January 1898. He was recalled for service in the Boer War on 20 December 1899 and saw service in South Africa from 26 April 1900 to 29 October 1901 with ‘O’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery.

Lambert served during the Great War with the Army Veterinary Corps in the Egypt theatre from 31 October 1915. He was discharged on 21 December 1918, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B68604.