Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (9752 Pte. G. Smith, E. Lanc: Regt.) edge bruising, worn, good fine £160-£200

George Smith was born in Bolton, Lancashire, and attested for the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, at Darwen, Lancashire, on 31 August 1899. He served with the 3rd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and died of enteric fever at Springfontein, Orange River Colony, on 2 June 1900.

Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.