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Six: Warrant Officer Class II W. Williamson, Seaforth Highlanders Queen's Sudan 1896-98...
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Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (5554. Lce. Corpl. W. Williamson. 1/Sea Hrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, date clasp block loose on riband (5554 Q.M.S. W. Williamson. Sea: Highrs: M.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (5554 Sergt. W. Williamson 1st. Bn. Sea. Highrs) surname partially officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (5554 W.O. Cl.2. W. Williamson. Seaforth.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, The Atbara, unnamed as issued; together with a Seaforth Highlanders Regimental Medal, silver, unnamed, with South Africa 1901 clasp; and an Army Temperance Association India 1 Year Medal, silver, unnamed, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (8) £500-£700
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William Williamson was born in Wick, Caithness, and attested there for the Seaforth Highlanders on 10 April 1896, having previously served in the 1st Orkney Artillery Volunteers. He served with the 1st Battalion in the Sudan; with the 18th Mounted Infantry Company in South Africa during the Boer War; and again with the 1st Battalion on the North West Frontier of India.
Sold with a copy of a published drawing showing the Seaforth Highlanders storming the Zabera at the Battle of the Atbara; and copied research.
Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (5554. Lce. Corpl. W. Williamson. 1/Sea Hrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, date clasp block loose on riband (5554 Q.M.S. W. Williamson. Sea: Highrs: M.I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (5554 Sergt. W. Williamson 1st. Bn. Sea. Highrs) surname partially officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (5554 W.O. Cl.2. W. Williamson. Seaforth.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, The Atbara, unnamed as issued; together with a Seaforth Highlanders Regimental Medal, silver, unnamed, with South Africa 1901 clasp; and an Army Temperance Association India 1 Year Medal, silver, unnamed, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (8) £500-£700
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William Williamson was born in Wick, Caithness, and attested there for the Seaforth Highlanders on 10 April 1896, having previously served in the 1st Orkney Artillery Volunteers. He served with the 1st Battalion in the Sudan; with the 18th Mounted Infantry Company in South Africa during the Boer War; and again with the 1st Battalion on the North West Frontier of India.
Sold with a copy of a published drawing showing the Seaforth Highlanders storming the Zabera at the Battle of the Atbara; and copied research.
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