Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (7347 Pte. F. Betts. Middlesex Regt.) polished, contact marks, nearly very fine £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance: Spink, March 1994.

Frederick William Betts was born in Paddington, London, in 1882 and attested there for the Middlesex Regiment on 13 March 1901. He served with the 3rd Battalion in St. Helena guarding Boer Prisoners of War from 11 March to 16 September 1902 (entitled to a no clasp Queen’s South Africa Medal), and then with the 2nd Battalion as part of No. 3 Company, Mounted Infantry in Somaliland from 6 July 1903 to 9 July 1904 during the Somaliland campaign and the action at Jidballi, where he was one of only 24 other ranks from the Battalion to receive the Africa General Service Medal with these two clasps. He transferred to the Reserve on 12 March 1908, and was discharged on 12 March 1913, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied service papers.