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Auction: 24112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 406

Four: Private S. Bonner, Royal Berkshire Regiment

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4148 Pte S. Bonner, 2: R: Berks: Regt); King's South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4148 Pte S. Bonner. RL: Berks: Regt); British War and Victory Medals (33400 Pte. S. Bonner. R. Berks. R.), nearly very fine to good very fine (4)

Samuel Bonner was born in 1876 in Checkendon, Oxfordshire and attested with the 3rd Royal Berkshire Regiment at Reading as a 17 year old labourer. He was transferred to the 2nd Royal Berkshires in December 1898 and soon after was posted to South Africa with his Regiment, where he stayed until late 1902. While in South Africa, Bonner received a Mounted Infantry Certificate and was also made Lance Corporal, a position he held for only a few months before resigning. Bonner was transferred to the Army Reserve in November 1902 and at some point returned home to Oxfordshire to marry Emma Hayes in 1904. He was discharged in June 1906 and shortly afterwards enlisted for Section D for four years.

After working as a gamekeeper and living with his family in Checkendon, Bonner enlisted with the 3rd Royal Berkshires at Caversham in December 1915. During the war, Bonner transferred to the 7th Royal Berkshires with whom he served in Macedonia as part of the 78th Brigade, 26th Division for the rest of the conflict; sold together with copied research.

Bonner is confirmed upon the Rolls for the relevant medals, but is not entitled to a 1914-15 Star.

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Sold for
£280

Starting price
£130