Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Wittebergen, Diamond Hill, unofficial rivets between fifth and sixth clasps (969 Pte. W. A. Semple, C.I.V.); together with the recipient’s related miniature award housed in a red leather Spink & Son case, good very fine £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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William Arthur Semple was born in Hendon, Middlesex in 1870. Initially a clerk, and later a butcher, by occupation, he joined the 1st Battalion, City of London Rifle Volunteers in 1896 and served with the No. 1 Company, Mounted Infantry, City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War.