Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1888, Hazara 1891, top lugs removed from first clasp as issued, with second clasp unofficially attached (1782 Pte. F. Daniels 2d. Bn. Sea. Highrs.) very fine £160-£200

Frank Daniels was born in Wilton, Wiltshire, in 1870, and attested for the Wiltshire Regiment on 27 April 1885. He transferred to the Seaforth Highlanders on 1 July 1995, and served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 5 January 1887, where he took part in the first Hazara Field Force Expedition under Major-General J. W. McQueen during operations against the Hassanzai, Akazai, and Chagarzai Black Mountain tribes from 3 October to 9 November 1888, and subsequently as part of the second Hazara Field Force Expedition under Major-General W. K. Elles during operations against the Hassanzai and Akazai Black Mountain tribes from 12 March to 16 May 1891.

Daniels transferred to the Army Reserve on 3 July 1897, but was recalled to the Colours on 29 January 1900, and served with the Seaforths in South Africa during the Boer War from 14 February to 4 December 1900 (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony and Wittebergen). He was discharged on 10 April 1902 and, following the outbreak of the Great War, re-enlisted in the Wiltshire Regiment on 7 September 1914. He served at home throughout the Great War, transferring to the Devonshire Regiment on 12 April 1917; the Labour Corps on 28 April 1917; and to the Military Foot Police on 21 May 1917. He was discharged on 19 June 1918.

Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.