A Collection of Medals to the 9th and 12th Lancers

Six: Sergeant-Trumpeter Charles Odell, 9th Lancers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3694. Trumpr. C. Odell. 9/Lcrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3694 Tptr: C. O’Dell. 9th Lancers.); 1914 Star, with clasp (3694 Tptr: C. O’Dell, 9/Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (9L-3694 Sjt. C. Odell. 9-Lrs.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3694 Sjt: Tptr: C. Odell. 9/Lrs.) note variations in spelling of surname, mounted as worn, contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (6) £300-340

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 9th and 12th Lancers.

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Charles Odell enlisted into the 9th Lancers as a Boy in March 1898. He served in the Boer War as a trumpeter and was mobilised with the Regiment at the outbreak of the Great War on 4 August 1914. He served in Flanders from 15 August, taking part at Mons and in the subsequent retreat. He was accidentally wounded on 17 September and invalided to England on 6 October 1914, where he was discharged. Sold with two copied photographs of the Band and Trumpeters of the 9th Lancers, including the recipient.