Lot 495
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A Boer War D.C.M. Group of Four to Sergeant W.E. Welchman, Coldstream Guards, Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (9826 Serjt., C'stream Gds.); East and West Africa, one clasp, 1897-98 (Corpl., Coldstream Guards); Queen's South Africa, six clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (9826 Sejt., Cldstm. Gds.); King's South Africa, two clasps (9826 Serjt., Coldstream Guards), edge bruising and contact marks, generally very fine, mounted as worn (4)
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A Boer War D.C.M. Group of Four to Sergeant W.E. Welchman, Coldstream Guards, Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (9826 Serjt., C'stream Gds.); East and West Africa, one clasp, 1897-98 (Corpl., Coldstream Guards); Queen's South Africa, six clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (9826 Sejt., Cldstm. Gds.); King's South Africa, two clasps (9826 Serjt., Coldstream Guards), edge bruising and contact marks, generally very fine, mounted as worn (4)

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A Boer War D.C.M. Group of Four to Sergeant W.E. Welchman, Coldstream Guards, Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (9826 Serjt., C'stream Gds.); East and West Africa, one clasp, 1897-98 (Corpl., Coldstream Guards); Queen's South Africa, six clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (9826 Sejt., Cldstm. Gds.); King's South Africa, two clasps (9826 Serjt., Coldstream Guards), edge bruising and contact marks, generally very fine, mounted as worn (4)
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Lot Essay

D.C.M. London Gazette 27.9.1901.

Sergeant William Ernest Welchman, D.C.M., was born in Birmingham and enlisted in the Coldstream Guards in July 1894, aged 23 years. Advanced to Lance-Sergeant in November 1897, he was temporarily attached to the West African Frontier Force as a Corporal in February of the following year and served in the operations of that period. Rejoining the Coldstreams in the rank of Sergeant in early 1899, he went on to distinguish himself in the Boer War, being awarded the D.C.M. and Mentioned in Despatches for his services in the 1st Battalion (London Gazette 10.9.1901 refers). Welchman was discharged in July 1906.