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Auction: 8010 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 138

Pair: Captain A.D. Raitt, Royal West Surrey Regiment Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Relief of Ladysmith (Capt: A.D. Raitt. R.W. Surr. Rgt.); Jubilee 1897, silver, ´Lieut. A.D. Raitt, R.W. Surr: Rgt.´, engraved in serif capitals, minor edge bruising, therefore very fine, mounted as originally worn, with Queen Victoria South Africa 1900 Chocolate Tin, complete with original contents; a leather wallet with the initials ´A D R´ and the date ´21.1.1900´ in metal fastened to the cover, (2) photographs, one of the recipient´s grave giving him as ´killed in action 21st January 1900´ with the following original documentation: - Commission appointing Arthur Douglas Raitt as Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion King´s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, dated 26.2.1887, with original stamped envelope - Commission appointing Arthur Douglas Raitt as Second Lieutenant, Royal West Surrey Regiment, dated 21.6.1890 Estimate £ 800-1,000 Captain Arthur Douglas Raitt, born 1869; educated at St. Alban´´s School and at the United Services College, Westward Ho; commissioned Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion King´´s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1890; transferred as Lieutenant 2nd Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment the following year; Captain 1898; served with his battalion in South Africa from October 1899 and was present at the battle of Colenso; he was killed in action at Spearman´´s Camp, 21.1.1900, when the Regiment lost 1 Officer and 4 men killed, 5 Officers and 31 men wounded; The Last Post by Dooner gives Raitt as being killed in action on the Upper Tugela, 1.1.1900 A.D. Raitt´´s name is inscribed on a tablet in his old college at Westward Ho; it is also engraved on a tablet at Guildford, erected by his comrades in memory of all ranks of the Royal West Surrey Regiment who fell during the conflict. For additional medals to the Raitt Family see Lots 7, 109, 126, 130, and 132.

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