The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry

Three: Company Quartermaster Sergeant J. W. G. Fromant, 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry, late South African Service Corps Mounted Brigade Train

1914-15 Star (Pte. J. W. G. Fromant S.A.S.C.- M.B. Train); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals, with small M.I.D. oak leaves (C.Q.M.S. J. W. G. Fromant. 3rd S.A.I.) mounted as worn, traces of adhesive to reverse of all, good very fine (3) £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry.

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Joseph William George Fromant, an accountant, was born in London on 5 September 1869, and originally served 2 years at Staff Headquarters during the Boer War; his papers note ‘education department’. He subsequently attested for the ‘Rhodesians’ at the Hotel Metropole (Pretoria) on 25 August 1915, being sent to Potchefstroom a week later and appointed Private in the 3rd Regiment. Posted to Egypt 29 December 1915, he was appointed Company Clerk on 13 January 1916 and raised Corporal on the Western Front 20 July 1916. Advanced Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant on 5 May 1917, and unpaid Company Sergeant Major on 1 February 1919, Fromant’s service record adds: ‘Mentioned in W.O. Communique 28.8.19.’, although there is no trace of him being officially Mentioned in Despatches. He was later discharged on 8 March 1920 for re-enlistment in the British Army.

Sold with copied service record.