Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private R. Binnie, 1st Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps, died of wounds, France/Flanders, 28 October 1914.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1872 Pte., K.R.R.C.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (1872 Pte., 4th K.R.R.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £260-300

Ronald Binnie was born in Wood Green, Middlesex, lived at Forest Gate, Essex and enlisted at Barnet. He entered the Great War with the 1st Battalion K.R.R.C. on 13 September 1914. He died of wounds on 28 October 1914. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Additional entitled to a 1914 Star with clasp and British War and Victory Medals.

With copied m.i.c. and casualty details.