Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant A. H. Turner, Border Scouts, later 8th South African Infantry and S.A. Service Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (801 Sjt., Border Scouts); British War Medal (Dvr., S.A.S.C.); Bi-Lingual Victory Medal (Pte., 8th S.A.I.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £120-140

The Border Scouts were raised in Upington, Northern Cape, in May 1900, and commanded by Major J. Birbeck, 4th Scottish Rifles. The unit enlisted coloured men only with white officers and N.C.O.’s. Turner re-enlisted in South Africa in December 1915, and served in German East Africa with the 8th South African Infantry. He soon caught malaria which caused him to be discharged at Wynberg in March 1917. After further recuperation Turner again re-enlisted, in August 1918, into the South African Service Corps.