The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Four: Private H. Samuels, Middlesex Regiment, later Royal Fusiliers, who served with the Mounted Infantry in South Africa, and twice deserted

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5129 Pte. H. Samuels. Middx: Regt. M.I.); 1914-15 Star (576 Pte. H. Samuels. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (576 Pte. H. Samuels. R. Fus.) heavy pitting, therefore good fine (4) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance: Baldwin’s, November 1964.

Harry Samuels was born in Bethnal Green, London, in 1879 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment at Dalston on 2 September 1897. He was posted to the 2nd Battalion on 18 February 1898, and deserted on 3 July 1898. He re-joined the Regiment on 27 June 1900, and was posted to the 3rd Battalion (Mounted Infantry) on 29 March 1901. He served with the Mounted Infantry in South Africa during the Boer War, before deserting again on 8 November 1903. He claimed the King’s Pardon under Army Order 129 of 1910, and subsequently served with the Royal Fusiliers during the Great War.