Auction Catalogue

25 February 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 169

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25 February 1998

Hammer Price:
£160

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, S.A. 1901, S.A. 1902 (Major H. S. Lockhart-Ross, 5/Lanc. Fus.) minor official correction to two letters of rank, otherwise nearly extremely fine £150-180

Major H. S. Lockhart-Ross was second in command of the 5th Battalion in the operations in the Orange River Colony, June to July 1901; operations in Cape Colony, July 1901 to 1902, and also served as Commandant at Jagersfontein and at Stormberg. He was mentioned in despatches by Lord Kitchener London Gazette 29 July 1902. He was appointed Honorary Colonel on 21 March 1905, and was Commanding Officer of the 5th Battalion in 1906.