Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt. M. F. Lathy, Vl. Co. Oxfd. L.I.) extremely fine £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late A. A. Mount.

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Maurice Frederick Lathy was born at Tillington, Sussex on 3 January 1869. He was educated at Portsmouth Grammar School and St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, attaining a B.A. in 1889 and a M.A. in 1893. He was granted the temporary rank of Captain on 10 March 1900 when the Volunteer Company left England for South Africa.