The Upfill-Brown Collection

A Pioneer group of three to Captain R.W. Adcock, Army Service Corps, late Pioneer Corps

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL 1890-97, reverse undated, 1 clasp, Mashonaland 1890 (Tpr., Pioneers); QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt., A.S.C.); KING'S SOUTH AFRICA, 2 clasps (Capt., A.S.C.), mounted court style for display, sometime plated, otherwise very fine and better (3)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The AA Upfill-Brown Collection.

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Roger William Adcock was born in Bethlehem, Orange Free State on 27 July 1867. He joined the Pioneer Corps on 14 July, 1890, having previously been attested into the B. S.A. Police as one of Rhodes' Apostles. He was a Sergeant at the time but reverted to Trooper at his own request when he joined the Pioneer Corps. For a period during 1890-91, he was one of a syndicate of six who prospected at Gadzema. During the Boer War he served as Chief Transport Officer, with the rank of Captain, and subsequently set up in business in Johannesburg. He died there on 15 June, 1939.