Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (3426 Pte. M. Mawson, W. Riding Regt.) edge bruising, very fine £60-£80

Marmaduke Mawson was born in Leeds around 1874 and attested for the Militia on 14 May 1894 , being posted as Private to the 3rd Battalion, West Riding Regiment. Embodied for service during the Boer War, he served on the Cape before discharge on 16 May 1904. Offering his services to the Royal Engineers in London in 1915, his attestation documents confirm previous time with the West Riding Regiment and his home address as Shipton, Yorkshire. Rated Pioneer in a Labour Battalion from 19 August 1915, he survived the war and was discharged in 1919.