British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Fleet Surgeon S. T. Reid, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (Ft. Surg. S. T. Reid, R.N.); 2nd Cruiser Squadron’s Medal for South Africa and South America 1908, 11 clasps, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Ladysmith, Capetown, St. Helena, Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video, Buenos Aires, unnamed, suspension claw tightened on the last, good very fine (2) £200-250

Sidney Thomas Reid served as a Staff Surgeon in H.M.S. Antrim at the time of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron’s tour of South Africa and South America in 1908. He had originally joined the Royal Navy as a Surgeon in May 1895, saw active service in the Great War and was placed on the Retired List in December 1919, having latterly served aboard the Marlborough. Also a recipient of the Sir Gilbert Blane Gold Medal, Reid died in 1939.