Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Driver W. J. Cartwright, Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (19518 Dr: W. J. Cartwright. R.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (19518 Dr. W. J. Cartwright, R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (19518 Dvr: W. J. Cartwright. R.F.A.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (19518 Dr. W. J. Cartwright. 32. F.B. R.A.) impressed naming, toned, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (4) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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William Joseph Cartwright was born in the Parish of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, and enlisted into the Royal Artillery at Longton on 6 April 1897. Following service in the U.K. with 84 Field Battery, he served overseas in Egypt and the Sudan with 32 Field Battery, R.F.A., from 20 December 1897 to 7 November 1898; in India until 26 September 1899; and in South Africa from 27 September 1899, initially with the Indian Ammunition Column until posted to a 1-pounder Maxim Battery. He was discharged in South Africa, on payment of £18 on 10 November 1902.

Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm all medals.