Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (Major B. L. Mills. R.A.M.C.) unofficial rivets between all clasps, date clasp a tailor’s copy, nearly extremely fine £180-220

Bernard Langley Mills was born at Bishop’s Lydeard, Somerset, on 6 June 1861, and was commissioned Surgeon Captain in the Army Medical Department on 30 January 1886. He served during operations on the North West Frontier of India at Malakand in 1897-98; in operations in Bajaur and in the Mamund country, and was present at the attack and capture of the Tanga Pass. Promoted Surgeon Major on 30 January 1898, he served in South Africa during the Boer War, as Medical Officer of the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, in addition to serving at No. 1 General Hospital, Wynberg. Promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 30 January 1906, he retired on 17 June 1908, and was re-employed at home during the Great War from 24 August 1914.