Orders, Decorations and Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa 1901 (3453 Pte. W. Moyle, 2 Hampshire Regt.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £90-110

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

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William Moyle was born in Rawalpindi, India. A Labourer by occupation and a member of the 3rd (Militia) Battalion Hampshire Regiment, he attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 9 March 1891, aged 18 years. With the 2nd Battalion he served in India, February 1893-December 1898. He was transferred to the Army Reserve in December 1898 but recalled for service in December 1899. Returning to the 2nd Battalion he served in South Africa, January 1900-October 1901; Malta, September 1903-December 1905; Bermuda, December 1905-September 1907 and South Africa, September 1907-March 1910. When serving in the Boer War, he was reported ‘missing in action’ at Pretoria, 5 June 1900. Having been taken prisoner he was released and rejoined his unit on 27 June. Moyle several times ran foul of the army authorities, being convicted of using insubordinate language to a superior officer in April 1892 (42 days imprisonment); destruction of his equipment and clothing in October 1893 (84 days imprisonment); desertion when on active service in July 1901 (6 months imprisonment), and escaping from prison in September 1901 (7 months imprisonment). With the rank of Lance-Sergeant he was discharged on 17 March 1912.