Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 7 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, clasps mounted in this order (4677 Pte. W. Gecks, R. Welsh Fus:) mounted for display purposes along with the riband for the L.S. & G.C., contact marks and edge bruising, polished, nearly very fine £160-£200

William Joseph Gecks was born in Aldershot, Hampshire, in 1880 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers as a Musician at London on 11 May 1895, aged 15. He was appointed Bandsman on 8 March 1897, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 October 1899 to 3 February 1903. He was promoted Corporal on 17 February 1905, and was posted as a Musician to the 2nd Life Guards on 1 September 1906. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 353 of 1915, and was promoted Corporal of Horse on 27 November 1917.

Note: First five clasps confirmed, with the OFS clasp appearing on a supplementary roll, hence the claps order on the QSA. The recipient was not entitled to the two date clasps on his QSA, being instead entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps.