Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A fine ‘Second Matabele War’ group of three to Private W. Atkinson, West Riding Regiment, who was later wounded in the Eastern Cape in 1901

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (3262 Pte. William Atkinson, 2. W.Rid Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3262 Pte. W. Atkinson, W. Riding Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3262 Pte. A. [sic] Atkinson. W. Riding Regt.) minor edge bruising, very fine and better (3) £500-£700

William Atkinson served during the Boer War with the 1st Battalion, West Riding Regiment, and is recorded in The Boer War Casualty Roll as slightly wounded near Alandale on 20 January 1901.