Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (2377 Pte. D. Suckling. 4th. K.R.R.) contact marks, nearly very fine £300-£400

Daniel Suckling was born in Thetford, Norfolk, in 1881 and attested there for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 5 December 1899, having previously served in the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. He served with the 4th Battalion, K.R.R.C. in South Africa during the Boer War from 18 March 1901, as part of the Mounted Infantry (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, and South Africa 1902), and then in Somaliland from 14 January 1903 to 9 July 1904.

Transferring to the Reserve on 21 January 1905, Suckling was recalled to the Colours following the outbreak of the Great War, and served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 12 August 1914. He was wounded and taken Prisoner of War on 14 February 1915, and was repatriated following the cessation of hostilities. He was discharged on 6 March 1919, no longer physically fit, and was entitled to a Silver War Badge, No. B294417.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.