Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Private W. H. Kime, Lincolnshire Regiment, later Royal Engineers

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3983. Pte. W. H. Kime. 1/Lin. R.) suspension slack; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (3893 Pte. W. Kime. Lincoln: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (56956 Spr. W. H. Kime, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (56956 Spr. W. H. Kime. R.E.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, last unnamed as issued, minor edge bruising overall, generally very fine (6) £400-£500

William H. Kime was born in Lough, Lincolnshire. He attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Grimsby in August 1894, and served with the 1st Battalion in the Sudan and South Africa (qualifying in Telegraphy). Kime was discharged, 26 August 1906, having served 12 years with the Colours. He re-engaged for service during the Great War with the Royal Engineers.