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28 February & 1 March 2018

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Lot

№ 1102

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1 March 2018

Hammer Price:
£170

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, date clasps both tailor’s copies (Major F. C. K. Hunter. S.W. Bord:) officially re-engraved naming, nearly extremely fine £120-160

Frederick Charles King Hunter was born on 27 July 1858 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 24th Foot on 2 July 1879, having previously served in the Militia. He was promoted Lieutenant on 4 December 1880, and Captain on 14 June 1886, and served as Adjutant of the Volunteers from 1 November 1892 to 4 April 1897. His next appointment was as Recruiting Staff Officer, Leeds Recruiting District, from 5 April 1897 to 4 April 1900, during which he was promoted Major on 25 July 1898. He served with the South Wales Borderers in South Africa during the Boer War, and was present in operations in the Cape Colony and the Transvaal from May 1901 to 31 May 1902 (entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with the above four clasps). He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 9 June 1905, and received the Brevet of Colonel on 9 June 1908. He transferred to the half pay list on 9 June 1909, and retired on 23 March 1910.