Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Sergeant F. J. Bennett, Army Service Corps, later South African Signal Company Royal Engineers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (11884 Dr. F. J. Bennett. A.S.C.) solder repair to central post, suspension now fixed; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (11884 Dvr: F. J. Bennett. A.S.C.) top lugs neatly removed; British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. F. J. Bennett. S.A.C.S.R.E.) otherwise generally very fine (4) £100-£140

Francis James Bennett served during the Second Boer War with the Army Service Corps. He subsequently stayed in South Africa, and resided in Pretoria. Bennett served during the Great War with the South African Signal Company Royal Engineers in the French theatre of war, and was invalided to England with Trench Feet in January 1917. He advanced to Sergeant in February 1918.