Three: Trooper G. W. Grant, Damant’s Horse, later Essential Services Protection Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 9 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (Tpr: G. W. Grant. Damant’s Horse); War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially named ‘701462 G. W. Grant’, good very fine, rare (3) £1,400-£1,800

G. W. Grant served during the Boer War with Damant’s Horse, and then with the Essential Services Protection Corps during the Second World War- the E.S.P.C. was the South African equivalent of the Home Guard, made up of men beyond active-service age, who guarded railway stations and other important infrastructure.