Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (193696 Ord: E. Woodward, H:M:S Terrible) impressed naming, contact marks to obverse field, slight excess solder to suspension claw indicating possibly re-affixed, otherwise very fine £400-£500

Ernest Woodward was born in Hollesby, Suffolk, on 20 March 1881, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 4 May 1897. He transferred to H.M.S. Terrible on 2 January 1899, and served in her in South Africa during the Boer War. Advanced Petty Officer on 9 March 1911, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 19 March 1914, and served during the Great War in various shore based establishments, finally being discharged on 20 April 1922.