Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. W. Hall, Manchester Regiment, for his ‘excellent work’ as acting Quartermaster Sergeant and Transport Sergeant to the 14th Battalion Mounted Infantry

Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (2069 Serjt. J. W. Hall. Manchester Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (2069 Serjt. J. Hall. Manch: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2069 Serjt. J. Hall. Manch: Regt.) mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, very fine and better (3) £1,400-£1,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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D.C.M. London Gazette: 31 October 1902.

Joseph William Hall was born at Stoke near Guildford, Surrey, in 1868 and attested for service in 1st Battalion the Manchester Regiment at Aldershot on 25 November 1887. He subsequently served in Ireland and India, and was promoted Lance Sergeant on 23 October 1895 and Sergeant on 9 February 1897. He returned to the U.K. and was discharged to the Army Reserve on 6 November 1897.

On 14 October 1899 Hall was recalled from the Army Reserve, for a further four years service and was re-instated as Sergeant, and joined 2nd Battalion for active service in South Africa on 5 March 1900. He at some point transferred to the Mounted Infantry Company, and later served with 14th Battalion, Mounted Infantry. He was recommended for the award of the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his services in Brigadier General J. Spens’ Column, when serving in 14th Battalion Mounted Infantry ‘for excellent work as acting Quarter Master Sergt., and Transport Sergt., to the Battalion. He is very hard working and painstaking.’ He was discharged from the army at Ashton Under Lyne on 24 March 1903; on leaving the army, Hall resided at Miles Platting, Manchester.

Sold with copied service papers and extensive research.