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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 93

Pair: Driver W. Ellis, Royal Field Artillery Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (98517 Dvr: W. Ellis. 14th Bty: R.F.A.); King´s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (98517 Dvr: W. Ellis. R.F.A.), very fine (2) Estimate £ 140-180 98517 Bombardier Walter Ellis, born Bristol, 1874; served with the 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry (Militia); enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery, August 1893; served in South Africa with 14th Battery, Royal Field Artillery from October 1899; taken prisoner of war at Colenso, 15.12.1899- the 14th ´was one of the unfortunate batteries which Colonel Long took too close at Colenso. The six guns of the battery were lost. One officer and 5 men were killed, 1 officer and 16 men wounded, and 3 officers and 40 men were reported missing´ (British Regiments in South Africa 1899-1902, J. Stirling, refers); discharged July 1909, after 16 years´ service. Provenance: Glendining, December 1991

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