Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (8530 Pte C. Willison, Gren. Gds.) mounted as worn, good very fine £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Anglo-Boer War.

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Cole Willison was born in Bow, London. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Grenadier Guards at London on 3 July 1900, aged 19 years, 2 months. With the 2nd Battalion he served in South Africa as Mounted Infantry, 16 January-6 October 1902. Transferred to the Army Reserve in January 1903 and discharged on 2 January 1912. With copied service papers.