Pair: Sergeant Charles H. Bodle, Salisbury Horse, late 6th Inniskilling Dragoons

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY MEDAL 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893, 1 clasp, Rhodesia 1896 (Sergt., Salisbury Horse); LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT, V. R. (1111 Sergt., 6/Dragns.) mounted court style for display, nearly extremely fine (2)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The AA Upfill-Brown Collection.

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Charles H. Bodle was born at Alfriston, near Lewes, Sussex, in 1852. At the age of 18 years he joined the 6th Dragoons at Brighton on 2 November 1870. He served with them in the campaigns in Transvaal, 1881, Zululand, 1884-8, and Bechuanaland, 1885. He was discharged from the 6th Dragoons on 13 June 1890, having been awarded the long service medal in the previous year. He moved to Rhodesia where his brother William (later Brigadier, C.M.G.) was one of the founding members of the B. S. A. Police. He served in Matabeleland in 1893 as a Sergeant in the Salisbury Horse, and in Rhodesia in 1896 as a Corporal with the Bulawayo Field Force.