Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (1398 Cpl. E. W. Nightingale, C.I.V.) good very fine £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Ernest Walter Nightingale, a clerk by occupation, enlisted into the 1st Cadet Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps in 1893. Advancing to Colour Sergeant in the Cadets, he served in South Africa during the Boer War as Corporal of “C” Company in the Infantry Battalion, City Imperial Volunteers, as the senior N.C.O. of his volunteer battalion’s detachment of 15 men.