Auction Catalogue

4 December 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 119

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4 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£170

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (Lieut. C. B. Southey, Rifle Brigade) good very fine £140-180

Charles Bonham Southey was commissioned into the 5th (Militia) Battalion, Rifle Brigade, in 1900, and served as a Lieutenant until his retirement in 1907. Recalled in 1915 on the General List, Hon. Captain 1916, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as 2nd Lieutenant in 1917. He served in the R.F.C. as an Equipment Officer 3rd Class and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1918.