Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private E. Latimer, Royal Scots Fusiliers, wounded at Pieter’s Hill, Natal, 27 February 1900

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (4913 Pte. E. Latimer, 2: R. Scots Fus:); 1914-15 Star (7576 Pte. E. latimer, R. Sc. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (7576 Pte. E. Latimer. R.S. Fus.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £240-280

Edward Latimer attested for the Royal Scots Fusiliers and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He was wounded at Pieter’s Hill, Natal, on 27 February 1900. He subsequently served during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 November 1914.