Queen’s South Africa & Sudan Medals GRENADIER GUARDS

Queen’s South Africa Medal & Sudan Medals. Khedive’s Sudan clasp: Khartoum (bar, loose on ribbon), correctly named on rim. Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902. Clasps: Cape Colony, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast. Medals are in good condition. 5734. Pte. G. Blackwood. GRENADIER GUARDS.

Medal Rolls, MIC, and pension records confirm entitlement. A Seven MEDAL GROUP Missing : Queen’s Sudan 1896, King’s South Africa, WW1 1914/15 Star Trio. I have seen these medals for sale over the last 50 years. George Blackwood born 1875 in Dalmeny, Linlithgowshire, Burntisland, Fife. Occupation: Shale Miner.

Enlisted in the 1st Bn Grenadier Guards serving in The Sudan 1896, Issued two medals.Served in the 3rd Bn GRENADIER GUARDS in the South African Boer War 1899-1902. Issued two medals.

 WW1 SERVICE 

Enlisted in THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS, 4382. L/ CPL G. BLACKWOOD. To FRANCE on ACTIVE SERVICE 12th JANUARY 1915. SEVERELY WOUNDED IN ACTION. Issued three medals.

Was transferred to the LABOUR CORPS as an A/SERGEANT re-numbered 365462, and issued with a SILVER WAR BADGE (number 76606).  He was discharged from the Army on 8th JANUARY 1919. Receiving a WAR DISABILITY PENSION of 50%, due to his wounds. A Soldier who served in three major Wars, and was severely WOUNDED.

THE GRENADIER GUARDS IN THE BOER WAR 1899-1902

The Grenadier Guards had 93 men KILLED IN ACTION and 397 men WOUNDED IN ACTION. With many more dying of Diseases and Accidents.

The ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS raised a total of 18 Battalions in WW1 and had 7,000 KILLED IN ACTION and estimates of total wounded often exceeding 15,000, overall, tens of thousands of men experienced extraordinary high casualty rates.