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16 July 2020

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Lot

№ 151

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16 July 2020

Hammer Price:
£280

Three: Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant J. Kimister, 18th Hussars

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Orange Free State (3708. Corpl. J. Kimister. 18...); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (... Serjt: J. Kimister. 18th Hussars); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (3708 Sq. Q.M. Sjt: J. Kimister. 18/Hrs.), together with an 18th Hussars Regimental Monthly Sports prize medal, bronze, engraved ‘Won by Pte. James Kimister, “A” Squadron, The Best Man at Arms, Umballa, August 1895’, and a damaged 18th Hussars cap badge, medals and clasp facings extremely worn and polished, suspension loose on K.S.A., therefore fair only (5) £100-£140

James Kimister was born in Liverpool and enlisted there for the 18th Hussars on 27 February 1891, aged 19 years 5 months, a groom by trade. Promoted Corporal in May 1899; Sergeant, April 1901; Squadron Quarter Master Sergeant, March 1909; discharged, 26 February 1912. Sold with copied medal roll extracts, Laing’s Nek clasp not confirmed, and copied discharge papers.