Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

Pair: Private F. Grant, Oxfordshire Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Transvaal, top clasp loose (4775 Pte. F. Grant. 1/Oxfd. L.I.); King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4775 Pte. F. Grant. Oxford: L.I.) good very fine (2) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Frank Grant was born in Burma in 1880 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 10 March 1894, a musician by trade. He served in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 December 1899 to 4 October 1902, and was discharged on 29 January 1903, after 8 years and 326 days’ service.

Sold with copied record of service and an original photograph.