The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 4th Regiment, South African Infantry

Pair: Sergeant A. Richards, 4th Regiment, South African Infantry
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. A. Richards. 4th S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, nearly very fine

Pair: Lance-Corporal H. H. Humphreys, 4th Regiment, South African Infantry
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. H. H. Humphreys. 4th S.A.I.) with flattened named card boxes of issue, traces of adhesive to reverse of both, nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private H. L. Duckworth, 4th Regiment, South African infantry
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. H. L. Duckworth. 4th S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (6) £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 4th Regiment, South African Infantry.

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Albert Richards was born in Cumberland, England, around 1893, and attested for the 4th South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 5 December 1915. Posted to the Western Front, he received a gunshot wound to the left buttock on 2 October 1917 and was later demobilised at Maitland on 18 August 1919.

Harold Heartley Humphreys was born in Putney, London, around 1895, and attested for the 4th South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 4 February 1916. Embarked at Cape Town for England on 25 March 1916, he joined the Regiment on the Western Front on December 1916 and was admitted to hospital at Le Treport less than a week later suffering from a groin injury. Returned to the trenches at Gouzeaucourt he was wounded in action on 5 December 1917, his papers stating a gunshot wound to the left elbow. He later spent a period of time in recovery at Shoreham before returning home to South Africa per Cawdor Castle in January 1919.

Harry Livesey Duckworth, a railway station master, was born in Lancashire around 1898, and attested for the South African Infantry at Johannesburg on 22 August 1917. Sent to the Western Front on 5 April 1918, his papers state that he was reported as missing on 13 April 1918, a little over a week after arrival, being later confirmed as a Prisoner of War. Repatriated on 28 December 1918, he was discharged at Maitland on 28 May 1919.

Sold with copied service records for all three recipients.