Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (2240 Pte. S. Kyte, 2nd Wilts. Regt.) last clasp unofficial attached, as issued, good very fine £100-140

Samuel Kyte was born in Halshead, Devizes, Wiltshire, in 1870, and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment at Devizes on 11 July 1999, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 21 February 1891 to 6 November 1895, before transferring to the Army Reserve on 21 October 1896. Recalled to the Colours following the outbreak of the Boer War, he served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa from 16 December 1899 to 18 July 1901, and was discharged two days later, after 13 years and 10 days’ service.