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№ 334

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14 February 2024

Hammer Price:
£130

Pair: Private B. Proll, Somerset Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3611 Pte. B. Proll. Somerset Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3611 Pte. B. Proll. Somerset: L.I.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180

Ben Proll was born in Burnham on Sea, Somerset, in 1879 and attested into the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry in January 1898. Transferred to the Reserve in June 1900, he was recalled three months later and served in South Africa during the Boer War. He died in Neath, Glamorgan, in 1908.

Sold with copied service papers and other research.