Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3884 Pte. F. J. Turner. K.R.R.C.) good very fine £80-£100

Frederick John Turner was born in Peckham in 1880 and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in London on 9 March 1901, having previously served in the 19th Middlesex Volunteer Service Company, Rifle Brigade. He served with the No. 2 Special Service Company in South Africa during the Boer War from March 1901 to May 1902 (additionally entitled to the two date clasps), and was discharged on 15 May 1902, after 1 year and 68 days’ service.

Sold with copied service papers and other research.