Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5326 Pte. G. Sole, 1st. Suffolk Regt.) edge bruising, good very fine £80-£100

George Sole was born in March, Cambridgeshire, in 1880 and attested there for the Suffolk Regiment, having previously served in the Regiment’s 4th (Militia) Battalion. Posted to the 1st Battalion, he served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 31 August 1900 to 14 March 1902. After further service with the 2nd Battalion in India from 5 March 1902 to 26 October 1906, he transferred to the Army Reserve on 12 June 1907, and was discharged on 12 June 1911, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts which confirm that the recipient was also entitled to the two date clasps to his Q.S.A.