Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (D108 Pte. A. H. Rogers, C.I.V.) nearly extremely fine £80-£120

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

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Arthur Hildyard Rogers was born in Kensington, London in 1878. A bank clerk by occupation, he served during the Boer War with the Artists Rifles City Imperial Volunteers detachment, sailing to South Africa in July 1900 with the draft of reinforcements for the Infantry Battalion.

Rogers subsequently served during the Great War as a Private in the 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales’s Own Civil Service Rifles), London Regiment on the Western Front from 29 August 1916.