Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Major W. Hunter, Royal Scots, late Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, block of clasps unattached from retaining rod, with date clasp loose (11420 Pte. W. Hunter, 62nd Coy. 11th Imp: Yeo:); 1914-15 Star (Capt. W. Hunter. R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. Hunter) mounted for wear, good very fine (4) £300-£400

William Hunter, a metal merchant from London, was born on 22 October 1874. He attested into the 7th (London Scottish) Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps serving for seven years. He later attested into the Imperial Yeomanry for service during the Boer War, and served in South Africa with the 62nd (Middlesex) Company, 11th Battalion. Later commissioned into the Royal Scots for service during the Great War, he served on the Western Front with the 11th Battalion from 10 May 1915. He received a perforated eardrum as a result of being close to an exploding shell, which damaged his hearing. Returned to the U.K. at the end of September 1915, he afterwards served in a training capacity with the 1/7th Battalion, Royal Scots. Appointed Acting Major, he was released from service on 15 June 1919.

Sold with copied service papers.