Seven: Major R. B. Browning, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, late Kimberley Town Guard and Kimberley Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Lieut., Kimberley Town Gd.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (Lieut., Kim. Vol. Regt.); 1914-15 Star (Mjr., 7th Infantry); British War and Victory Medals (Major); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Major & Qtr. R. B. Browning, 7th Infantry (Kimberley Regt.)’, hallmarks for London 1918, complete with top bar; Mayor of Kimberley’s Star 1899-1900, reverse hallmark with letter ‘a’, with a top bar lacking pin fitting, all mounted for display, very fine and better (7) £700-900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Anglo-Boer War.

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Robert Browning was born in Wandsworth, Surrey in 1871. He enlisted into the Kimberley Town Guard, being present during the siege of Kimberley when he served as Colour Sergeant. In March 1900 he joined the Kimberley Regiment as a Lieutenant and was promoted to Captain in July 1903, Quartermaster in September 1910 and Honorary Major in February 1911. He served with the Kimberley Regiment during the early months of the Great War, seeing service in German S.W. Africa. As a Major in the 7th Regiment (Kimberley Regiment) he entered France on 7 June 1916, later serving as a Major with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Awarded the 1914-15 Star by the South African authorities, he applied for his British War and Victory Medals in October 1923 giving his address as ‘52 Praed Street, Paddington, W.2’. Major Robert Browning died in the London Hospital, Whitechapel on 7 January 1932, leaving his estate to his widow, Catherine Elizabeth Sanderies Browning. With copied research including a copied photograph of the recipient.