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Sold between 22 July & 7 March 2007

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The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals

Barrett J. Carr, JP BSc

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№ 155 x

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22 July 2016

Hammer Price:
£280

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (Capt. R. W. B. Chambers, N.Z.M.R. 9/Cont.), very fine £240-280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barrett J. Carr Collection of Boer War Medals.

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Richard Wellesley Benjamin Chambers, a clerk in the Commandant’s Office, Wellington, and late of the 3rd Dragoon Guards and Manchester Regiment, attested for the 9th N.Z. Contingent and was embarked in the S.S. Devon in March 1901. Appointed a Lieutenant & Quarter-Master on the Battalion Staff, North Island Regiment, he served in the Transvaal and gained advancement to Captain; sold with copied research and roll confirmation - he was sent his Medal & 2 clasps in 1904.