Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (8871 Pte. J. W. Grendrod [sic], Lanc: Fus:) edge bruising, polished and worn, better than good fine £80-£100

James William Grindrod was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, in 1875 and attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury on 5 February 1900, having previously served in the Regiment’s 2nd Volunteer Battalion. He served with the 2nd Volunteer Company in South Africa from 16 March 1901 to 12 May 1902, and was discharged on 14 May 1902, after 2 years ands 99 days’ service. He died in 1951.

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