Queens South Africa medal clasps Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (583 Pte: E.C. KELLAWAY. Scots. Gds.); Kings South Africa Medal clasps South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (583 PTE. E.C. KELLOWAY. SCOTS GUARDS.); British War Medal (583 PTE. E.C. KELLAWAY. S.GDS.); Victory Medal (583 PTE. E.C. KELLAWAY. S.GDS.); Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal GVR (583 PTE. E.C. KELLAWAY. S.GDS.)
Edward Charles Kellaway was born in Shillington, Dorset on 31 August 1874. He attested with the Scots Guards on 26 November 1894 and was assigned No. 583 - the number a retained throughout his long 22 years of service. He was posted to South Africa for service in the Anglo Boer War on 15 March 1901 and was active in the Transvaal, Cape Colony and at the Brandwater Basin in the eastern Orange Free State where, in early July, General Prinsloo was obliged to surrender with 4000 men. He was awarded the Wittebergen clasp to his Queens medal for this action.
Kellaway was returned home on 15 May 1901 until returning to South Africa on 16 January 1902 for further service. Despite his broken service he did the required 18 months to earn the Kings South Africa medal.
He was posted to France on 26 April 1916 in WWI but was returned Home, Time Expired on 23 November 1916. He was discharged having earned the Long Service & Good Conduct Medal in 1914.
According to the 1939 Register he was a Retired Mental Nurse living at 19 Banstead Road, Caterham, Surrey. He died in Merioneth, Wales in September 1953.
Please note there is pitting to the QSA at 5 o' clock and slight wear to the regiment wording thereafter but all is completely legible. Note the discrepancy in spelling of Kellaway/Kelloway on QSA/KSA. Sold with research.
