Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private F. W. Kettle, 5th Dragon Guards

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3680 Pte. F. Kettle, 5th. Dragoon Guards); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (3680 Pte. J. [sic] Kettle, 5th. Drgn: Gds:) contact marks and edge bruising, very fine (2) £180-220

Frederick William Kettle was born in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, on 19 April 1874 and attested for the 5th Dragoon Guards at Lichfield, Staffordshire, on 9 February 1892. He served with the Regiment in India from 6 September 1893, before proceeding to South Africa, arriving there on 26 October 1899. He served in South Africa during the Boer War until March 1902, before returning with the Regiment to India, arriving there on 6 April 1902. He was again stationed in South Africa, from 15 March 1904 until 28 December 1908, before seeing out the rest of his service at home. Awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, he was discharged on 18 March 1913, after 21 years’ service, and died in Stoke-on-Trent in 1943.