Offered is a Boer war pair of service medals, comprising Queen’s & King’s South Africa Medals, as awarded to Corporal W H Pescod, who served with the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards during the Boer War. 1st type Queen’s South Africa Medal with campaign bars WITTEBERGEN, TRANSVAAL & CAPE COLONY impressed to: 2657 PTE W. SCOTS: GUARDS: King’s South Africa Medal with date bars SOUTH AFRICA 1901. SOUTH AFRICA 1902, impressed to: 2657 CORPL: W. Medal rolls confirm award with all bars. Have traced 2 William H Pescod’s who fit the right criteria, but neither was born in Scotland, nor resided there before or after the war. 2nd Battalion, The Scots Guards. The 2nd Battalion sailed on the Britannic on 15th March 1900, and arrived at the Cape on 5th April. Along with the 2nd Grenadiers, 2nd East Yorkshire, and 1st Leinster Regiment, they formed the 16th Brigade under Major General Barrington Campbell, and part of the V111th Division under General Sir Leslie Rundle. The work of the brigade and of the division has been briefly sketched under, the 2nd Grenadier Guards. The 2nd Scots Guards were present at Biddulphsberg on 29th May 1900, but were not so hotly engaged as the Grenadiers. The battalion’s losses were approximately 5 men killed, 1 officer and 20 men wounded. In September 1900 the battalion formed part of a column based on Harrismith under Campbell. In October 1900, along with the 2nd Grenadiers and some Imperial Yeomanry, they were trekking with General Rundle in the Bethlehem district, and on 26th October, when marching back to Harrismith, a strong force of Boers were found posted on hills commanding the road. The positions were cleared “in spite of a very stubborn resistance”. Rundle’s casualties were 3 killed and 17 wounded. Four weeks later Campbell again found the enemy in a strong position at Tiger’s Kloof. “After sharp fighting their main position was taken by the Scots Guards”. The casualties included Lieutenant Southey, shot through the head while gallantly leading his men, and Major E E Hanbury, hit in three places. Strangely enough, the other casualties were only 1 killed and 2 wounded. The battalion took part in many other operations in the north-east of the Orange River Colony during the remainder of the campaign. In August they had a welcome break, being ordered to Pietermaritzburg in connection with the visit of the Prince of Wales to Natal. In September 1901 they were, along with the 1st Oxfordshire Light Infantry, employed in the erection of a line of blockhouses running from Kopjes Station, near Kroonstadt, to Potchefstroom, in the Western Transvaal; thereafter they were taken east to Wakkerstroom, and were employed along with the 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment in building another line of blockhouses from that town to Piet Betief, near the Swazi border. Please view our guide on spotting fake militaria. We list militaria and coins weekly. We provide quality mounted medals, badges and historical research. We can mount your miniature or full size medals, ribbon bars or supply replacement ribbons or badges. We can also conduct military research on your behalf and value cherished objects with a current market or insured value. 2/135 Russell St, Morley, WA. We run two specialist military auctions per year, details of which can be found on our website. Items are accurately described & photographed. Additional costs for this standard service will be added for this service based on publicly available Australia Post rates. Please note, these items are located and will be posted from Australia. We appreciate fair feedback from you once you receive the item. We aim to give you, the customer our best customer service. The item “VINTAGE & RARE PRE WW1 BRITISH BOER WAR SERVICE MEDAL GROUP PESCOD SCOTS GUARDS” is in sale since Saturday, May 14, 2016. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\1914 – 1918 (WWI)”. The seller is “jb_military_antiques_14″ and is located in 2/135 Russell St, Morley, Perth, WA. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Authenticity: Original
- Country: ENGLAND
- Campaign: Boer War
- Product Type: Medals
- Era: 1800s