Four: Private E. Day, Middlesex Regiment, who served with the Mounted Infantry in South Africa

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5759 Pte. E. Day. Middx: Regt. M.I.) suspension claw re-riveted; 1914 Star (L-5759 Pte. E. Day. 2/Middx: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-17685 Pte. E. Day. Midd’x R.) mounted as worn, edge bruising to first, generally very fine (4) £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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E. Day attested for the Middlesex Regiment, and served with the Mounted Infantry in South Africa during the Boer War, and with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 November 1914. He later transferred to the Royal West Kent Regiment.