Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria. To coincide with the OMRS Convention

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3986 Pte. A. Winchester, 1st Rl. Sussex Regt.) extremely fine £120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late A. A. Mount.

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Alfred Winchester was born in the Parish of Polegate, Eastbourne, Sussex. A gardener by trade, he attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment in 1892. Serving with the regiment in South Africa, he received a slight gunshot wound to the right foot at Retiefs Nek, 23 July 1900. He was discharged on 30 April 1902 as medically unfit for further service. Sold with copied service papers.