The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (372 Sjt: R. G. Soffe. 5/Essex Regt.) very fine £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Robert George Soffe was born in Maldon, Essex in 1875. An auctioneer’s clerk by occupation, he enlisted into the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Essex Regiment on 10 December 1897 and served in South Africa during the Boer War with their City Imperial Volunteers detachment in the Infantry Battalion, and was awarded the Q.S.A. with four clasps. Advancing to Sergeant in the volunteers, his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal was awarded per Army Order 75 of 1 April 1910.

Soffe’s brother, Frederick John Soffe, also of the 2nd V.B., Essex Regiment and the C.I.V., died of enteric fever at Bloemfontein on 21 May 1900.