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

Pair: Private W. S. Harris, 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 20 September 1917

British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. W. S. Harris. 3rd S.A.I.) middle initial officially corrected; Memorial Plaque (William Stanley Harris) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, good very fine (3) £100-£140

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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William Stanley Harris was born at Trevellas, St. Agnes, Cornwall, around 1892, and having emigrated to South Africa attested for the 3rd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 17 January 1916. Posted to the Western Front on 5 December 1916, he was soon evacuated to No. 1 Stationary Hospital near Rouen suffering from illness. Returned to the trenches on 9 September 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele, he was killed in action less than two weeks later on 20 September 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated upon the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Sold with copied service record.