Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

The Dalzell Medal, 1st Batt. Oxfordshire Light Infantry, South Africa 1899-1902 (4512 Sergt. F. Burridge Oxford Lt. Infy.) good very fine and very rare £600-£800

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

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Corporal F. Burridge was taken prisoner of war at Schotland West on 20 April 1902, and later released.

Frederick Burridge was born in April 1874 at Crediton, Devon, and enlisted into the Oxford Light Infantry on 7 June 1893, a tailor by trade. Unpaid Lance-Corporal 21 January 1898; Corporal, 24 October 1899; Sergeant, 20 February 1902. He transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 8 October 1908 (army number 9005) and was appointed Sergeant-Tailor on 9 October 1908. He was discharged on 14 September 1911, and is entitled to the Q.S.A. with 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein and Transvaal, and the K.S.A. with 2 clasps.

The Dalzell Medal 1 December 1902, for ‘Good Service in the Field.’

The Commanding Officer (Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. A. E. Dalzell) desires to place on record and to bring to notice of their comrades the names of the following N.C.O.’s and men of the Battalion who distinguished themselves by good service in the field during the South African war, and whose names were duly submitted by him for the reward of the Distinguished Conduct Medal. It is of course impossible to reward every man who's name is submitted, but the fact that such men are not rewarded by the authorities in no way deflects from the honour to which they are entitled and which they have so nobly earned and the C.O. desires that their good service and soldier-like conduct be generally known and appreciated by all ranks of the Battalion. He hopes to be able to make arrangements for the bestowal on each of these N.C.O.’s and men of a Regimental medal and to obtain the sanction of the War Office for these medals to be worn in all respects similar to those issued by government. 30 names, including Sergeant F. Burridge, were listed.