Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Boer War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant Major W. Marsden, Royal Field Artillery

Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (5781 Serjt:- Maj: W. Marsden. R.F.A.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen, Transvaal (5781 S. Major. W. Marsden. R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5781 S. Major. W. Marsden. R.F.A.) recently renamed; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (5781 By Q.M. Sgt: W. Marsden. R.A.) engraved naming; Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt: Maj: W. Marsden. R.A.) light contact marks, generally very fine (5) £1,600-£2,000

D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901.

William Marsden was born in Sheffield in 1857 and attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Nottingham on 11 December 1877. Posted to the 3rd Brigade as a Gunner, he served with the 64th Field Battery in India from 4 February 1887 to 12 December 1888, and in South Africa during the Boer War from 6 November 1899 to 17 September 1902, with the rest of his service being at home. He was advanced Battery Quartermaster Sergeant on 1 July 1889, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 75 of 1896. He received the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry in South Africa during the Boer War, and was discharged on 10 December 1903, after 26 years’ service. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, together with an annuity of £10, in January 1905, and saw further service during the Great War as an Army Pensioner Canteen Steward with the Territorial Forces. He died on 4 October 1918, and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Ladywell Cemetery, London.

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