Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (3191 Pte. A. Brown, Oxford: Lt. Inft.) good very fine £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Albert Brown re-enlisted into 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Oxford Light Infantry, on 15 May 1899, having previously served for more than 11 years, with the same unit. He was embodied for service in South Africa on 17 January 1900, and died of disease at Kroonstad, on 6 July 1900, when on active service. He is commemorated on the Coombe Hill Monument in Buckinghamshire, and on the South African War Memorial to the Oxford Light Infantry at Edward Brooks Barracks, Abingdon.