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

Pair: Second Lieutenant W. Mollison, 3rd Regiment, South African Infantry, who was wounded in action at Delville Wood on 7 July 1916

British War Medal 1914-20 (2/Lt. W. Mollison.); Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (Pte. W. Mollison. 3rd. S.A.I.) mounted court-style for display, very fine (2) £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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William Mollison, a civil servant, was born in Aberdeen around 1889, and having emigrated to South Africa embarked for England on 17 October 1915. Posted to the Western Front as Private, he suffered a gunshot wound to the arm and left shoulder on 7 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. Evacuated to Fulham Hospital and the South African Military Hospital at Richmond Park, he returned to No. 2 Base Infantry Depot at Rouen in December 1916 and was later appointed to a commission as Temporary Second Lieutenant in the S. A. Reserve on 6 November 1918. He survived the war and later disembarked at Cape Town per Edinburgh Castle on 4 October 1919.

Sold with copied service record.