Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (788 Pte. F. Brown. C.I.V.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £100-£140

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

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Frederick Brown was born in Chelsea, London around 1879. A plumber, he enlisted into the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, East Surrey Regiment on 4 January 1897 and served with their detachment in South Africa during the Boer War in the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers. Upon his return from South Africa, living at 5 Chelsea Cottages, Brighton Road, Surbiton, he supported an invalid sister who applied for assistance from the C.I.V. Families Fund. He was still a member of the Old Comrades’ Association in 1969.