Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Gunner H. Birks, “Q” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (56221 Gnr: H. Birks, Q, B, R.H.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (56221 Gnr: H. Birks. R.F.A.) light contact marks, very fine (2) £300-£360

Henry Birks was born at Newport, Shropshire, and attested for the Royal Artillery at Walsall on 13 August 1886, aged 19 years 1 month, a fitter by trade. He served in South Africa from 24 October 1899 to 28 October 1901, and is shown on the roll of “Q” Battery R.H.A. for his medal and first five clasps, and on the roll of “M”Battery R.H.A. for the South Africa 1901 clasp. He was granted the L.S. & G.C. medal on 20 November 1905, and was discharged at Sheffield on 28 July 1906. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll extracts confirming both medals and clasps.