Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, date clasp loose on riband (3070. Pte. E. A. Woodward. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming, good very fine £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Ernest Albert Woodward was born at Coombe, Woodstock, Oxfordshire and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at the age of 18, on 22 October 1888. Posted to the 2nd Battalion, he transferred to the 1st Battalion on 30 November 1896, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War. He was discharged in December 1901, on termination of his engagement.