Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Wittebergen (2945 Pte. E. Phillips, S. Stafford: Regt.) initial officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £60-£80

Ernest Albert Phillips was born in Stafford in 1872, and attested for the South Staffordshire Regiment at Lichfield on 2 January 1891, having previously served in the 4th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt from 9 March 1892 to 10 October 1895, and in India from 11 October 1895 to 17 December 1898, before transferring to the Army Reserve on 20 December of that year. He was recalled to the Colours on 8 January 1900, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 17 March 1900 to 3 August 1902 (also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps). He was finally discharged on 1 January 1903, after 12 years’ service.

Following the outbreak of the Great War Phillips attested for the Durham Light Infantry, and served with them on the Western Front from 12 March 1917 to 9 January 1918, and saw later service at home with the Labour Corps and Royal Defence Corps.

Sold with copied medal roll extracts, Medal Index Card, Service Papers, and other research.