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QSA (5) Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3311 Pte. W. Bond, Devon: Regt.);
KSA (2) (3311 Corpl: W. Bond. Devon: Regt.);
1914-15 Star (9380 Sjt. Bug: E. Band [sic]. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.);
British War and Victory Medals (9380 Sjt. W. E. Bond. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.);
Army LS&GC GV, 1st issue (3311 L. Sjt: W. Bond. Devon: Regt.)

William E. Bond attested for the Devonshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War.

He saw further service with the 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 24 May 1918).