Friday 7 October 2016

Boer War veteran and Old Contemptible in the Army Postal Service: Sgt B H Walden

Holder's service details:

Sgt (previously Sapper) Bertram H Walden
27779
Royal Engineers
Postal Section
Entitled 1914 Star (date of entry into French Theatre 12 September 1914); Old Contemptible. Postman in civilian life.

Attested March 1906 as Corporal, Army Postal Corps (service number 928).
Transferred Army Reserve. Previously attested 17 January 1900? Corporal? Served Middlesex Regiment, entitled Queen's South Africa and King's South Africa Medals.

Medal condition:

Very Fine. Some small marks, spots of corrosion, verdigrisation.

XIII

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