Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Private W. Chappell, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, late Royal Sussex Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (7323 Pte. W. T. Chappell, K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7323 Pte. W. T. Chappell. K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (GSSR-18 Pte. W. Chappell. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (GSSR-18 Pte. W. Chappell. R. Suss. R.) edge bruising to Boer War pair, light contact marks, generally very fine (5) £200-£240

William Chappell attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and with the Royal Sussex Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 24 January 1915. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 12 February 1919.