Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5514 Pte. A. West, 2nd E. Surrey Regt.) edge bruising, scratches and contact marks, good fine £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Anglo-Boer War.

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Albert West was born in Battersea, London. A Labourer by occupation and a member of the 4th Battalion East Surrey Regiment Militia, he attested for the East Surrey Regiment at Kingston-on-Thames on 3 February 1898, aged 18 years, 1 month. Served in South Africa, January 1900-January 1903 and in India, January 1903-November 1905. On Mounted Infantry duties from September 1903. Discharged having completed his service in February 1910. With copied service papers and roll extract.