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

Pair: Lance-Sergeant T. Bond, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, who was killed in action on 17 October 1918

British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Sjt. T. Bond. 1st. S.A.I.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Bond) glue residue to the reverse of all, good very fine and better (3) £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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Thomas Bond, alias Thomas Alfred Graham, was born in London around 1887 and attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 12 December 1915. Sent to Bordon Camp in England, he declared his true name on 10 August 1916 and embarked from Southampton to Rouen three days later. Sent to the Western Front during the Battle of the Somme, his service record notes that he suffered a gunshot wound to the head and back on 12 April 1917; evacuated back across the Channel per H.S. Brighton for medical attention, he recovered and returned to his unit in August 1917. On 24 December 1917 he was wounded again, this time being admitted to No. 55 C.C.S. with a gunshot wound to the left hand. Sent briefly to hospital in Rouen, he was raised Lance Sergeant 15 September 1918, but was killed just over a month later. Initially buried at Chateau Seydoux British Cemetery, Le Cateau, he is today buried in Ors British Cemetery in northern France.

Sold with copied service record.