Four: Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant S. Moult, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps, late South Staffordshire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (4543 Pte. S. Moult, S. Stafford: Regt.); British War Medal (34826 A.W.O. Cl.1 S. Moult, C.O.C.); Permanent Forces of the Empire Beyond the Seas L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (S. Sgt. S. Mould, R.C.O.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (WO2 S. Moult RCOC) the first with edge bruising and contact marks, very fine, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £400-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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L.S. & G.C. medal Canada Gazette 2 December 1922.

M.S.M. notified in the Supplement to Canadian Army Orders, Issue No. 292, dated 21 July 1952.

Rupert Seymour Moult was born on 10 March 1882, at Aston Manor, Birmingham. He served in the South Staffordshire Regiment from 12 February 1900 to 16 September 1910, and in South Africa during the Boer War from February 1900 to August 1901. Moult then emigrated to Canada where he attested in Quebec in the Royal Canadian Garrison Artillery on 15 August 1910. He next attested for the Canadian Ordnance Corps at Quebec in November 1912, and was transferred to the C.E.F. in February 1915, serving with the C.O.C. at Ashford in the U.K. His name was twice brought to the notice of the Secretary of State for War for valuable services rendered in connection with the War (24 August 1917 and 28 August 1919). He finished the war with the rank of Acting Conductor and continued to serve in the U.K. until June 1920, when he embarked for Canada to be discharged from the C.E.F. on 31 July 1920.

Moult re-enlisted in the Permanent Force of Canada on 1 August 1920, in Quebec, for two years into the R.C.O.C. with the rank of Staff Sergeant and served at Regina with No. 12 Detachment R.C.O.C. until his discharge on 31 July 1922. He died on 7 October 1954, aged 72. Sold with full research.