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17 September 2020

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№ 539

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17 September 2020

Hammer Price:
£120

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5774 Pte. E. Sewell, 1: Bord: Regt.) minor official correction to surname, good very fine £80-£120

Ernest William Sewell was born in Kingsland, Middlesex, in 1877 and attested for the Border Regiment in London on 19 November 1897, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 27 September 1899 to 21 September 1902 (also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps), and then with the 2nd Battalion in India from 22 September 1902 to 24 March 1903. He was discharged on medical grounds, specifically amnesia and memory loss, on 17 June 1903, after 5 years and 211 days’ service.

Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.