Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sapper W. Smith, Royal Engineers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1934. Sapr. W. Smith. R.E.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1934 Sapr: W. Smith. R.E.) edge bruising to first, light contact marks, toned, very fine (2) £160-£200

William Smith was born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, in 1878, and attested for the Royal Engineers at Glasgow on 13 June 1898. He passed a class of instruction in swimming at Chatham in October 1898 and subsequently served in South Africa with 17th (Field) Company, Royal Engineers from 21 October 1899 to 31 October 1902.