Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private W. Waghorn, East Kent Regiment, later Royal Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7488 Pte. W. Waghorne [sic], Vol. Coy. E. Kent Regt.); British War and Victory Medals (2429 Gnr. W. Waghorn. R.A.) with lid of named card box of issue and torn outer OHMS transmission envelope, nearly extremely fine (3) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to The Buffs, the East Kent Regiment.

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Wilfred Waghorn was born in Hunton, Kent, on 11 July 1881 and served with the Volunteer Company, East Kent Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War, and with the Royal Garrison Artillery and later the Labour Corps during the Great War. He died in Hever, Kent, on 28 January 1943.