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23 February 2022

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№ 280

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23 February 2022

Hammer Price:
£600

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel R. H. Morrison, 18th Hussars and Assistant Provost Marshal on the General Staff of the South African Field Force

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (Lt: Col. R. H. Morrison. 18/Hussars) officially engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. Col. R. H. Morrison. Genl. Staff.) nearly extremely fine (2) £300-£400

Richard Hobart Morrison was appointed Cornet in the 18th Hussars on 13 June 1874; Lieutenant, 31 October 1882; Captain, 19 November 1889; Lieutenant-Colonel, 14 September 1898. Appointed (from half-pay Major, 18th Hussars) Lieutenant-Colonel and Assistant Provost Marshall on the General Staff of the South African Field Force, 19 January 1900. He was later resident at Molesey House, Molesey, and Johnstown House, Cabinteely, County Dublin.