Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., (2); V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (17197 Q.M. Sejt. A. Murray. R.E.); G.VI.R, 1st issue, Regular Army (2870578 Gnr. W. Will. R.A.) suspension loose and contact marks on first, otherwise both nearly extremely fine (2) £120-£160

M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901

Alexander Murray, a Joiner from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, and a member of the 1st Peterhead Artillery, attested for the Royal Engineers at Aberdeen on 1 November 1881. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant on 1 January 1895, he served in South Africa during the Boer War from 11 November 1899 to 28 October 1902, during which time he was awarded his LSGC under Army Order 156 of 1900, and appointed Sergeant Major on 29 November 1900. Awarded a QSA (CC, OFS, Tvl) and a KSA with the two usual date clasps, he was Mentioned in Despatches in Lord Robert’s despatch, in the London Gazette of 10 September 1901. He was discharged at his own request, on 1 November 1907.

Sold together with an Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes medal named to “Bro. William Will. Raised 1-5-70, Pinhoe Lodge, 6931’.