Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private G. Hart, Northumberland Fusiliers

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4537. Pte. G. Hart. 1/Northd: Fus:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4537 Pte. G. Hart. North’d: Fus:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (4537 Pte. G. Hart. North’d Fus:); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (4537. Pte. G. Hart. 5th. Fusers.) contact marks and edge nicks throughout, nearly very fine (4) £400-500

George Hart was born in Tooting, London, in 1876 and attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers at London on 26 February 1895. Posted to the 1st Battalion, he served with them in Egypt and the Sudan from 17 January until 2 October 1898; at the Occupation of Crete from 3 October 1898 until 18 April 1899; and in South Africa during the Boer War from 16 September 1899 until 19 February 1902. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 22 February 1903, and was discharged on 25 February 1907, after 12 years’ service.