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

British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (Sjt. T. B. Lowther. 4th S.A.I.; Pte. H. L. Johnson. 4th S.A.I.; Pte. W. Kinnear 4th S.A.I.; Pte. W. Mutch. 4th S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, very fine and better (4) £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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Thomas Benson Lowther was born in Lancashire around 1899, and attested for the 4th South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 29 November 1915. Appointed Colour Sergeant Instructor of Musketry 1 September 1916, and Acting Sergeant 6 December 1917, he was killed in action on the Western Front on 3 January 1918, and is buried at Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel-Le-Grand, France.
Sold with a photographic image of the recipient in military uniform.

Herbert Lancaster Johnson was born in Kimberley around 1897 and attested for the 4th South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 27 November 1915. Embarked for England per Llanstephen Castle on 5 January 1916, he arrived safely at Southampton, but later fell from the Galway Castle whilst crossing to France on 12 September 1918 and drowned. His name is commemorated on the Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton.

William Kinnear was born in Workington, Cumberland, around 1891, and attested for the 4th South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 18 August 1915. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 24 March 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial.

William Argus Mutch was born in Adelaide, South Australia, around 1895, and attested for the 3rd South African Infantry at Johannesburg on 19 November 1915. Posted to the Western Front, he was wounded in action on 26 July 1916, and again on 18 January 1918. His papers record a further severe wound to the wrist received on 17 April 1918, before he was killed in action whilst serving with the 4th Regiment on 9 October 1918. He is buried at Bertry Communal Cemetery, France.

Sold with copied service records for all four recipients.