Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, South Africa 1901 (3026 Sejt. J. Turner, Oxford Lt. Inft.) second clasp attached with cotton, extremely fine £100-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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John Turner was born at Camberwell, London, and enlisted into the Oxford Light Infantry in London on 7 September 1888, aged 18 years 6 months, a carpenter by trade. He served in South Africa from 22 December 1899 to 29 March 1901, and was discharged on 30 November 1901. The Regimental Chronicle for 1900 lists Sergeant Turner as having been slightly wounded at Klip Kraal on 16 February 1900, but his wound was not sufficiently serious to be included in the official casualty lists or in his service papers. Sold with copied discharge papers which confirm medal and both clasps.