The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3905 Sgt. J. McDermott. Manchester Regt.) good very fine £120-£160

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

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Joseph McDermott was born about February 1870 in Stokestown, Roscommon, Ireland. Having moved to Manchester he served as a Volunteer in the 4th Battalion the Manchester Regiment and then in the Militia. He enlisted as a Private in 1st Battalion the Manchester Regiment at Ashton Under Lyne on 12 June 1893 and served in his battalion in Ireland, at Aldershot and at Gibraltar, being promoted Lance Sergeant in March 1898 and Sergeant in August the same year. His battalion was ordered to the Cape in the summer of 1899, and then on to Durban arriving there on 20 September. He served in the Defence of Ladysmith and at Laing’s Nek; later in the campaign at Badfontein on the Crocodile River Sergeant McDermott was seriously wounded but was back serving with his battalion within a couple of months. He embarked to return to the U.K. on 22 August 1902, returning to the regimental depot, and was demobilised on 10 September 1902, transferring to the Army Reserve.

Sold with copied service papers and other research.