Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Sergeant F. G. Rhodes, Cape Mounted Rifles

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2735 Pte. F. G. Rhodes. Cape M.R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2735 Corpl. F. G. Rhodes. Cape M.R.); 1914-15 Star (Sjt. F. G. Rhodes 1st. S.A.M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. F. G. Rhodes. 1st. S.A.M.R.) traces of adhesive to reverses, lacquered, very fine and better (5) £200-£240

Frederick Gordon Rhodes was born on 23 December 1871 and attested for the Cape Mounted Rifles at King William’s Town on 18 June 1895. He served in both the Boer War and the Great War, and was wounded in the latter on 13 December 1914 when, whilst on a riding patrol, his horse stepped into an ant bear hole and came down rolling over on top of him, injuring his right leg and knee. He was discharged to pension on account of his injuries on 23 March 1916.

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