A Collection of Medals to the Black Watch

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7820 Pte. A. Watson. Rl: Highrs: M.I.) good very fine £140-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Black Watch.

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Adam Watson was born in Selkirk and enlisted for the Royal Highlanders at Edinburgh. He served in South Africa, attached to the 22nd Battalion Mounted Infantry, and was killed in action in France on 31 October 1914. He is commemorated by name on the Menin Gate Memorial. Sold with research including a copied portrait photograph.