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Five: Staff Quartermaster Sergeant W. H. Hobbs, Army Pay Corps, late Scottish Rifles
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (5835 Corl. W. Hobbs, Scot: Rifles); 1914 Star (953 S. Sjt. W. H. Hobbs. A.P.C.); British War and Victory Medals (953 W.O. Cl. 2. W. H. Hobbs. A.P.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (953 S. Sjt: W. H. Hobbs. A.P.C.) mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, very fine (5) £260-£300
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Walter Harry Hobbs was born at Wootton Bridge, Newport, Isle of Wight on 11 June 1879 and attested for the Scottish Rifles at Parkhurst on 3 May 1897. Appointed Lance-Corporal, he served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 October 1899, arriving back in the U.K. on 8 July 1900. Transferring to the Army Pay Corps on 3 June 1901, he returned with them to South Africa on 16 January 1902, and was promoted Corporal on 3 June 1902; Sergeant on 3 June 1907; and Staff Sergeant on 2 May 1913. He saw further service during the Great War at the Command Pay Office, Rouen, from 17 August 1914. He was promoted Staff Quartermaster Sergeant on 2 May 1916, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 125 of 1917. Appointed Acting Staff Sergeant Major on 8 February 1918, he was discharged on 2 October 1920, after 23 years and 153 days’ service.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (5835 Corl. W. Hobbs, Scot: Rifles); 1914 Star (953 S. Sjt. W. H. Hobbs. A.P.C.); British War and Victory Medals (953 W.O. Cl. 2. W. H. Hobbs. A.P.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (953 S. Sjt: W. H. Hobbs. A.P.C.) mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, very fine (5) £260-£300
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Walter Harry Hobbs was born at Wootton Bridge, Newport, Isle of Wight on 11 June 1879 and attested for the Scottish Rifles at Parkhurst on 3 May 1897. Appointed Lance-Corporal, he served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 October 1899, arriving back in the U.K. on 8 July 1900. Transferring to the Army Pay Corps on 3 June 1901, he returned with them to South Africa on 16 January 1902, and was promoted Corporal on 3 June 1902; Sergeant on 3 June 1907; and Staff Sergeant on 2 May 1913. He saw further service during the Great War at the Command Pay Office, Rouen, from 17 August 1914. He was promoted Staff Quartermaster Sergeant on 2 May 1916, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 125 of 1917. Appointed Acting Staff Sergeant Major on 8 February 1918, he was discharged on 2 October 1920, after 23 years and 153 days’ service.
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Five: Staff Quartermaster Sergeant W. H. Hobbs, Army Pay Corps, late Scottish Rifles
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (5835 Corl. W. Hobbs, Scot: Rifles); 1914 Star (953 S. Sjt. W. H. Hobbs. A.P.C.); British War and Victory Medals (953 W.O. Cl. 2. W. H. Hobbs. A.P.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (953 S. Sjt: W. H. Hobbs. A.P.C.) mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, very fine (5) £260-£300
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Walter Harry Hobbs was born at Wootton Bridge, Newport, Isle of Wight on 11 June 1879 and attested for the Scottish Rifles at Parkhurst on 3 May 1897. Appointed Lance-Corporal, he served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 October 1899, arriving back in the U.K. on 8 July 1900. Transferring to the Army Pay Corps on 3 June 1901, he returned with them to South Africa on 16 January 1902, and was promoted Corporal on 3 June 1902; Sergeant on 3 June 1907; and Staff Sergeant on 2 May 1913. He saw further service during the Great War at the Command Pay Office, Rouen, from 17 August 1914. He was promoted Staff Quartermaster Sergeant on 2 May 1916, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 125 of 1917. Appointed Acting Staff Sergeant Major on 8 February 1918, he was discharged on 2 October 1920, after 23 years and 153 days’ service.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (5835 Corl. W. Hobbs, Scot: Rifles); 1914 Star (953 S. Sjt. W. H. Hobbs. A.P.C.); British War and Victory Medals (953 W.O. Cl. 2. W. H. Hobbs. A.P.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (953 S. Sjt: W. H. Hobbs. A.P.C.) mounted court-style for display, light contact marks, very fine (5) £260-£300
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Walter Harry Hobbs was born at Wootton Bridge, Newport, Isle of Wight on 11 June 1879 and attested for the Scottish Rifles at Parkhurst on 3 May 1897. Appointed Lance-Corporal, he served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 October 1899, arriving back in the U.K. on 8 July 1900. Transferring to the Army Pay Corps on 3 June 1901, he returned with them to South Africa on 16 January 1902, and was promoted Corporal on 3 June 1902; Sergeant on 3 June 1907; and Staff Sergeant on 2 May 1913. He saw further service during the Great War at the Command Pay Office, Rouen, from 17 August 1914. He was promoted Staff Quartermaster Sergeant on 2 May 1916, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 125 of 1917. Appointed Acting Staff Sergeant Major on 8 February 1918, he was discharged on 2 October 1920, after 23 years and 153 days’ service.
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