Orders, Decorations and Medals

A scarce Magersfontein D.C.M. pair awarded to Lance-Corporal D. Fraser, Highland Light Infantry

Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (4896 L.Corpl: D. Fraser, 1st Highland L.I.) ‘1st’ corrected; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Modder River, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (4896 Cpl. D. Fraser, 1st Highland Lt. Infy.) minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine (2) £3000-3500

D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901 - awarded for Magersfontein. Details London Gazette 16 March 1900, ‘Lance-Corporal Fraser specially brought to notice for his cheery conduct under fire and helping to rally men’. The H.L.I. Chronicle for July 1900 reported that ‘Lance-Corporal D. Fraser was conspicuous by his coolness during the advance and his cheery remarks of encouragement to all around him.

M.I.D. London Gazette 10 September 1901 (Lord Roberts).

Fraser joined the Highland Light Infantry in 1893. He served with the regiment in Crete and was slightly wounded in the chest at the hospital during rioting at Kandia on 6 September 1898.