Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Natal (3471. Pte: C. F. Fisher. 19/Hrs.) edge nicks, good very fine £120-160

Charles Frederick Fisher was born in Islington, London, in 1870, and attested for the 19th Hussars in London on 2 July 1889. He served with the Regiment in India from September 1891 until January 1897, before transferring to the Army Reserve on 3 February 1897. Recalled to the Colours on 13 November 1899 following the outbreak of the Boer War, he served with the Regiment in South Africa from 16 February 1900 until 23 June 1902, and was discharged on 8 July 1902, after 13 years and 7 days’ service.