BOER WAR/WWI GROUP OF 5 MEDALS TO C.S. MJR. J.K. PRICE, WELSH R. (K.I.A. 1914)
*** SOLD *** Queen's South Africa Medal with Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg and Transvaal clasps to 5115 Pte. J. Price, Welsh Regt.; King's South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 & 1902 clasps to 5115 Pte. J. Price, Welsh Regt.; 1914 Star to 5115 C.S. Mjr. J.K. Price, 2/Welsh R.; WWI War Medal to 5115 A.W.O. Cl.2 J.K. Price, Welsh Regt.; WWI Victory Medal to 5115 A.W.O. Cl.2 J.K. Price, Welsh Regt.
Description
Josiah Kinsey Price was born in Llangurig, Montgomeryshire in 1878, the son of David and Ann Price and lived in Cwmaman, Aberdare before enlisting with the Welsh Regiment and serving with the 1st Battalion during the Boer War attached to the Mounted Infantry.
On the outbreak of WWI, Price entered France with the 2nd Battalion on 13 Aug 1914 as Company Sergeant Major.
He was Killed in Action on 31 Oct 1914, aged 36, and is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial.
