Lot Archive

Lot

№ 122

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10 October 1995

Hammer Price:
£400

Six: Warrant Officer W. C. Mitchell, South African Forces
Cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Pte., Kimb.Reg.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (156 Pte., Kimberley Vol. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (Pte., S.A.F.T. & P.C. - South African Field Telegraph & Postal Corps); British War and bi-lingual Victory Medals (2nd C/W.O., D.S.C. - Divisional Signalling Company); Kimberley Star 1899-1900, date letter ‘a’; together with Silver War Badge and four Kimberley Regiment silver sports and shooting medals, all named: Regimental Sports, held 24th May, 1899, Bayonet Exercise, won by D Company; Barnato Trophy, Winning Team 1906; Finlayson Cup, Winning Team 1909; Litkie Trophy, Winning Team 1911, generally good very fine or better (11)

William Chalmers Mitchell was born at Castle Douglas, Scotland, in 1872. Sold with further research including copies from Military Records.