Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Wittebergen (Capt. J. Humber, Derby. Regt.) good very fine £220-260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine Collection of Medals to the Sherwood Foresters.

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John Humber; appointed a Lieutenant in the 4th (Militia) Battalion Derbyshire Regiment on 24 July 1886 and promoted to Captain in May 1890. Served in South Africa 1899-1900 with the 4th Volunteer Battalion. Was captured by the Boers at Roodeval on 7 June 1900 but later released. Appointed an Honorary Major in December 1900, he retired in August 1901.

With copied roll extracts and research on the action at Roodeval