Pair: Private B. Read, Middlesex Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek, Cape Colony (3213 Pte. B. Read, Middx: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3213 Pte. B. Read. Middlesex Regt.) toned, extremely fine (2) £180-£220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance: Tinlin Collection, Glendining’s, December 1965.

Benjamin Read was born in Bermondsey, London, in 1873 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment on 23 April 1891. Posted to the 1st Battalion on 30 August 1891, he transferred to the 2nd Battalion on 25 February 1895, and then back to the 1st Battalion on 21 January 1898, before transferring to the Army Reserve on 19 April 1899. Recalled to the Colours on 13 November 1899, he served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa throughout the Boer War, and was finally discharged on 22 April 1903.