Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (Cpl. A. E. Williams. 7th. Infantry.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R., unnamed as issued, good very fine (4) £120-£160

Arthur Ernest Williams was born in Kimberley on 1 July 1879 and served with the Kimberley Light Horse during the Boer War, being present during the Defence of Kimberley (wounded on 25 November 1899). A keen Rugby player, he played 38 times for the Griqualand West Provincial Rugby team from 1903 to 1911, and was part of the team that won the Currie Cup in 1911. He played one Test Match for South Africa, as a forward against the British Lions in 1910, in a match the hosts won 14-10. He saw further service during the Great War with the 7th (Kimberley) Infantry, and died in Kimberley on 21 July 1930.

Sold with three small silver Rugby prize medallets, all hallmarked silver, all named to ‘A. E. Williams’, and dated 1906, 1909, and 1911, and all housed in Fattorini, Bradford, cases of issue.

Sold with copied research.