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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 92

Five: Lance Bombardier R. Melling, Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Transvaal (23654 Dr. R. Melling, Q, B., R.H.A.); King´s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (23654 Dvr: R. Melling. R.H.A.); 1914-15 Star (41674 Gnr: R. Melling. R.F.A); British War and Victory Medals (41674 Gnr. R. Melling. R.A.), minor edge bruising, very fine or better (5) Estimate £ 250-350 41674 Lance Bombardier Ralph Melling, born Southport, Lancashire, 1879; served in the 3rd East Lancashire Regiment (Militia), prior to enlistment in the Royal Horse Artillery, November 1897; served with Q Battery, 17.12.1897-1.12.1901; wounded in action during the Relief of Kimberley, 15.2.1900 (service papers give 17.2.1900); served during the Great War in the French Theatre of War, from 30.11.1914. Provenance: Spink, April 1993

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