Orders, Decorations and Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Belmont, Modder River (22581 Dvr. J. Humpage, 75th Bty. R.F.A.) light scuffing, otherwise good very fine £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop.

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Killed in action at Modder River on 28 November 1899, one of only two men from this battery to be killed. He is buried at Kimberley and his name appears on the War Memorial in Leicester.