Medals from the Collection of R.W. Gould, MBE

Three: Police Constable Peter Bishop, Metropolitan Police, late Grenadier Guards

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Belfast (7566 Pte., Gren. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7566 Cpl., Grenadier Guards); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.) contact marks and polished, otherwise nearly very fine and better (3) £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of R.W. Gould, MBE.

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Peter Bishop was born at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on 21 November 1880. He enlisted into the Grenadier Guards in 1898 and served with the 3rd Battalion during the Boer War. He was discharged on 2 August 1905 and remained on the Reserve until August 1910. Bishop joined the Metropolitan Police on 30 October 1905, posted to “G” Division, transferred to “N” Division in April 1914, and retired on pension on 3 November 1930.