Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Corporal A. E. Harris, Military Foot Police

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (327 Corpl: A. E. Harris. Mil: Foot Police); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (327 Corpl: A. Harris. Mil: Foot Police.) contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180

Albert Edward Harris was born in Leicester in 1865 and attested there for the Royal Highlanders on 17 March 1884. He transferred to the Military Foot Police on 1 October 1888, was promoted Corporal on 19 July 1898, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 24 October 1899 to 13 November 1902. Advanced Sergeant on 12 February 1904, he was discharged on 16 March 1905, after 21 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service.