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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 66

Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (187369 A-B: E.A. Archer, H.M.S. Powerful), impressed naming, extremely fine, a Scarce Casualty Estimate £ 500-600 187369 Able Seaman Ernest Alfred Archer, born Wandsworth, London, 1880; joined Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, 1896; served in H.M.S. Powerful, 8.6.1897-13.12.1899; promoted Ordinary Seaman, March 1898, he died of wounds received in action whilst serving with the Naval Brigade during the defence of Ladysmith, 13.12.1899; Archer died at Intombi Camp Military Hospital, Ladysmith, and was buried in the military cemetery nearby.

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