BOER WAR MEDAL PTE MEGGET, GORDON HIGHLANDERS. BELFAST, O.F.S. & CAPE COLONY.

Offered is a Queens South Africa Medal (1899 -1902), 3 clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, BELFAST, impressed named 2405 P^TE J. MEGGET. GORDON HIGHRS: On original ribbon. Comes with copy service papers and medal roll.

John Megget was born in 1869 at West Derby, Lancashire. A miner by trade and a small man at 5’ 3 inches tall, he enlisted at Aberdeen on the 28^th January 1887 into the 2^nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Interestingly his service papers record that Lance Corporal Toohill was the bona fide bringer of this recruit (no doubt for the recruiting bounty).

Promoted to Lance Corporal 14/7/1892 and transferred to the Army reserve 24/1/1894. 24/1/1899 re-engaged for Section 'D' for a further 4 years.

Section B Reserve: The most common form of army reserve service. For men who had completed their service in the regular army and were serving their normal period (typically of five years) on reserve. Section B reservists could only be called upon in the event of general mobilisation. Training the reservists.

Section D Reserve: For men who had completed their time in Section B Reserve. They could choose to extend for another four years and were placed in Section D Reserve. terms, pay and training were the same as Section B.

Boer War

26/5/1900 re-joined the colours on mobilization. Posted to the Depot. Posted 1^st Battalion Gordon Highlanders on the 30/7/1900.  He served in South Africa 7/6/190 – 8/3/1901. The Gordon's had a fine fighting record from the war.

30/4/1902 re-transferred to the reserve and discharged 23/1/1903.