A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (7184 Pte. G. Watts. Vol: Coy. S. Staff: Regt.) edge bruising, very fine £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments.

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George Watts was born in Birmingham in 1882 and attested at Handsworth for the South Staffordshire Regiment on 29 January 1902. A fitter by trade, he transferred from the depot to the 1st Battalion on 15 March 1902, the date of transfer coinciding with his arrival in South Africa.