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

Three: Staff Sergeant C. H. Castle, 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry, late Royal Army Medical Corps and South African Medical Corps, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 4 August 1917

1914-15 Star (Cpl. C. H. Castle S.A.M.C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (S/Sjt. C. H. Castle. 3rd S.A.I.) 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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Charles Henry Castle was born in Greenwich, London, around 1881, and originally served during the Boer War with the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1 August 1901 (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with 4 clasps). Appointed to the nursing section on 22 April 1904, he later attested for the South African Medical Corps and served with them initially during the Great War in German South West Africa. He re-enlisted for the 1st South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 21 October 1916, and embarked Cape Town for England on the Walmer Castle on 6 November 1916. Transferring to the 3rd Regiment, he saw further service on the Western Front, and was killed in action in the early autumn of 1917. He is buried at Metz-en-Coutre Communal Cemetery (British Extension), Pas-de-Calais, France.

Sold with copied service records.

This lot now includes the contents of Lot 241, including the Memorial Plaque to Castle.