Orders, Decorations and Medals

Six: Sergeant Trumpeter G. W. Berfert, Yorkshire Hussars, late 10th Hussars

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb (1643 Pte., 10th R. Hussars) naming rubbed in places; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (1643 Sgt-Tptr., 10th Hus[sars]) naming rubbed in places; 1914-15 Star (2328 Sjt. Tptr., York. Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (2328 Sjt., York. Hrs.); Khedive’s Star 1884, reverse engraved, ‘1643 Pte. G. W. Berfert, 10th Rl. Hussars’, mounted for wear, first pitted and fine; others with some contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine and better £450-550

George William Berfert was born in Dublin, Ireland. With the 10th Royal Hussars he served in Egypt, being present at El-Teb, 29 February 1884. As a Serjeant-Trumpeter in the 10th Hussars he served in the Second Boer War. Having been discharged at some date before the Great War, he enlisted into the Yorkshire Hussars on 2 September 1914. With them he served as a Serjeant-Trumpeter/Serjeant in France from 17 April 1915 to his discharge on 13 August 1919. Awarded the Silver War Badge (not with lot). With copied m.i.c. and roll extracts.