Lot Archive

Lot

№ 142

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16 December 2003

Hammer Price:
£410

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (174665 A-B: F. G. Smith, H.M.S. Terrible) good very fine £160-180

Able Seaman F. G. Smith died of disease at Durban on 31 March 1900, aged 22, and is buried in Wyatt Road Cemetery, Durban. His medal was sent to his father on 16 October 1902.