A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (6763 Pte. J. Hamer, Lanc. Fus. M.I.) last clasp is a copy, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine

Three: Private H. A. Venner, Army Service Corps

1914-15 Star (M2-082419 Pte., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-082419 Pte., A.S.C.) ‘Star’ and ‘Victory’ gilded, these good very fine (4) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals.

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James Robert Hamer was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, lived in Radcliffe and enlisted into the Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury on 24 September 1898. Posted to the 3rd Battalion, he went to Malta in about January 1899. Joining the Mounted Infantry section, he left Malta for South Africa in February 1901, as part of the Malta Mounted Infantry Company, which formed part of the 9th Battalion Mounted Infantry.

Still serving with the Lancashire Fusiliers he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 4 December 1914. With the 2nd Battalion, he was killed in action, France/Flanders, on 26 March 1915. The War Diary records that he was killed by a sniper. Hamer was buried in the Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium.

With a quantity of copied research including details on the 3rd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers which formed part of the 9th Battalion Mounted Infantry in South Africa; war diary extracts; and casualty details. With a CD containing the research. The medals mounted on a board for display.