Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State (2729 Pte. W. Clutton, R. Welsh Fus:) last clasp with unofficial rivets, good very fine £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jim Henshaw Collection of Medals to the 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

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William Clutton was born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Fleetwood on 29 May 1890, aged 19. He served in India from February 1892 to December 1897, and in South Africa from 23 October 1899 to 13 September 1900. He was discharged on 30 March 1900, and died at Wrexham on 16 August 1937.

Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extract.