Auction Catalogue

16 & 17 September 2010

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1029

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17 September 2010

Hammer Price:
£110

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (411 Tpr. H. E. Newnham, S.A.C.) good very fine £70-90

Herbert Ernest Newnham was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire. A Tutor by occupation, having knowledge of both French and Latin, whose home address was ‘3 Gordon Terrace, Plymouth, he enrolled into the South African Constabulary on 20 December 1900, aged 24 years. He re-engaged for a further period in 1903 and was discharged in September 1907. With copied service papers.