The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between fifth, sixth, and seventh clasps (3577 Pte. N. Humphries. Middlesex Regt.) lacquered, 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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Nathaniel John Humphries was born in Reading and attested for the Middlesex Regiment on 6 April 1892, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He was promoted Lance-Corporal on 22 August 1896, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 7 May 1899. He was recalled for Service during the Boer War on 13 November 1899, and was discharged on 5 April 1904, after 12 years’ service.