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№ 1047

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5 March 2020

Hammer Price:
£130

1914 Star (3736 Far: Q.M. Sjt. S. Churchill. 20/Hrs.) good very fine £120-£160

Sidney Churchill attested for the 20th Hussars and served in them as a Sergeant-Farrier in South Africa during the Boer War, being Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 29 July 1902). For his services in South Africa he was entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, and South Africa 1902. Advanced Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant, he served with the 20th Hussars during the Great War on the Western Front from 16 August 1914, prior to being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps on 27 July 1918.

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