Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between first and second clasps (68878 Dvr. H. Chamberlain. 83rd Bty. R.H.A.) nearly extremely fine £120-£160

Harry Chamberlain was born at Enham, near Andover, Hampshire, in 1870 and attested for the Royal Artillery in October 1888. He served in India from 1890 to 1896, and then with 83rd Battery Royal Horse Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War from January 1900 to September 1901. He was discharged on 25 September 1901.

Following the outbreak of the Great War Chamberlain enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery, and served with the 36th Divisional Ammunition Column on the Western Front from November 1915. He was severely wounded on 3 June 1917, and subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps. He was discharged in March 1919.

Note: The medal roll confirms the clasps Driefontein, Johannesberg, Diamond Hill, Cape Colony and South Africa 1901, the Paardeberg clasp being possibly issued in error.