Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (4262 Pte. A. Davenport, 3rd Hussars) very fine £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Anglo-Boer War.

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Arthur Davenport was born in Ashley, Knutsford, Cheshire. A Game Keeper by occupation and a member of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Cheshire Regiment, he attested for short service in the Corps of Hussars of the Line at Manchester on 23 October 1900, aged 21 years, 7 months. With the 3rd Hussars he served in India, October-December 1901; South Africa, December 1901-October 1902; India, October 1902-December 1907; South Africa, December 1907-December 1908. Transferred to the Army Reserve in January 1909, he was discharged on 22 October 1912. With copied roll extracts.