The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry

Pair: Company Quartermaster Sergeant A. C. Hammon, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, late Army Service Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Natal, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between the first and second clasps (58 Pte. A. C. Hammon. A.S.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (C.Q.M.S. A. C. Hammon. 1st. S.A.I.) glue residue to reverse of both, very fine (2) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry.

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Alfred Charles Hammon was born in London in 1878 and attested for the Army Service Corps at South Kensington on 10 April 1902. Posted to South Africa from 18 April 1902 to 9 April 1903, he is confirmed as serving during this time as an Orderly at No. 15 General Hospital (Natal). The UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949, further states service with the Special Service Clerks, Army Service Corps, noting entitlement to Medal and clasps Cape Colony and South Africa 1902.

Remaining in South Africa following the cessation of the Boer War, Hammon took employment as a bank teller and devoted his spare time to the Algoa Defence Rifle Corps and the Southern Rhodesia Volunteers. He later attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 2 September 1915, witnessing service in France from 6 August 1916 to 15 December 1916 - likely as a reinforcement following the high rates of attrition on the Somme. Returned to England, Hammon transferred to the South African Pay Corps in the spring of 1918 and was discharged medically unfit at Maitland (Cape) on 2 January 1920.

Sold with copied service record and private research.