Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (S. Grant, S.B. Std., H.M.S. Monarch) very fine £160-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to Royal Naval Sick Berth Personnel from the collection of John Hailey.

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Samuel David Grant was born in Ryde, Isle of Wight on 6 September 1869 and enlisted into the Royal Navy on 10 March 1885 as a Boy 2nd Class on the Sick Berth Staff. Appointed Sick Berth Steward in 1897, he attained the rank of Chief Sick Berth Steward in 1904. He was discharged with a pension in 1909 but recalled for war service during 1914-19. Sold with copied service papers.