Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (Lieut. A. F. Wickham, Ind. Ord. Dept.) very fine and rare £300-350

Arthur Frederick Wickham was born on 10 April 1853, and joined the Indian Ordnance Department as Deputy Assistant Commissary on 22 March 1895. He was promoted to Assistant Commissary on 11 February 1900 and served in South Africa throughout the Defence of Ladysmith. For his services at Ladysmith he was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901), promoted Deputy Commissary of Ordnance, and received the Queen’s medal with clasp.