Six: Private R. E. Bolton, 4th Volunteer Battalion Essex Regiment and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Sergeant, Army Veterinary Corps, and Metropolitan Police

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1901, fourth clasp a tailor’s copy, with unofficial rivets between third, fourth, and fifth clasps (1238 Pte. R. E. Bolton.) unit erased; 1914-15 Star (SE.2373 Pte. R. E. Bolton, A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals (SE-2373 A.Sjt. R. E. Bolton. A.V.C.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. R. Bolton. R. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C., R. Bolton.) light contact marks, very fine (6) £160-£200

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

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Robert Edward Bolton, a packer by occupation, enlisted into the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment on 22 November 1894 and served in South Africa during the Boer War with their City Imperial Volunteers detachment in the Infantry Battalion.

Following the disbandment of the C.I.V., Bolton joined the Metropolitan Police Force, serving as a Police Constable in “R” (Greenwich) Division. He also served during the Great War in the Army Veterinary Corps on the Western Front from 5 January 1915, advancing to Acting Sergeant before being discharged Class Z Reserve at the conclusion of hostilities.