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21 May 2020

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№ 176

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21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£240

Three: Colour-Sergeant C. T. Smith, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Natal, Orange Free State (2580 Sgt. C. Smith. K.R.R.C.) second clasp loose on ribbon; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2580 Cr:-Serjt: C. Smith. K.R.R.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2580 Clr:-Serjt: C. T. Smith. K.R.R.C.) very fine (3) £160-£200

Charles Thomas Smith was born in the Parish of St Jude’s, Southsea, Hampshire, and enlisted for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Winchester on 7 November 1884, aged 18 years 3 months. He served in South Africa during the Boer War in Natal and Orange Free State, and was discharged at Wynberg, Cape Colony, on 6 November 1902, intending to reside at Sea Point, Cape Town. For his service in South Africa he received the Queen’s Medal with clasp ‘Natal’ and was later issued with the clasp ‘Orange Free State’ off a supplemental roll in January 1903. His L.S. & G.C. medal was announced in Army Order 123 of January 1903. Sold with copied discharge papers and other copied research.