Queens South Africa Medal clasps Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (1230 PTE. W. WILLIAMSON. K.R.R.C.); Kings South Africa Medal clasps South Africa 1901, 1902 (1230 PTE. W. WILLIAMSON. K.R.R.C.); 1914 Star clasp 5th Aug - 22nd Nov 1914 (1230 PTE. W. WILLIAMSON. 2/K.R.RIF.C.); British War Medal (1230 PTE. W. WILLIAMSON. K.R.RIF.C.); Victory Medal (1230 PTE. W. WILLIAMSON. K.R.RIF.C.)
Walter Williamson was born in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire in July 1879 (he claimed to have been born in 1878). He attested for service with the 2nd battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps as a Rifleman on 25 October 1898 and was active in the Relief of Ladysmith/Tugela Heights operations in South Africa during the Anglo Boer War. He was discharged at Gosport on 12 October 1902 but returned, with the outbreak of WWI, to serve on the Western Front
Posted to France on 13 August 1914, he was an early entrant to the war. He incurred a Gun Shot Wound requiring the amputation of his middle right upper arm from which he was deemed Permanently Disabled and discharged on 30 March 1915. He was awarded a Silver War Badge No. 116013 on 3 January 1917.
Williamson, although in receipt of a pension, struggled to find work and was, according to the 1921 census, an unemployed pensioner. According to the 1939 Register he was living at 4 Clarke Avenue, Birkenhead and was an unemployed Printer.
He died in Birkenhead in 1950.
Medals are in good condition unless otherwise indicated. Sold with research and an archive of original documents and photos of the recipient and his dog tags. Included is an award slip for a WWII Defence Medal - the medal is not included.
