The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (Lieut: O. V. Forbes, Middx: Rgt:) toned, nearly very fine £180-£220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance: Glendining’s, July 1930.

Oswald Vernon Forbes was born on 22 July 1880 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 18 April 1900, having previously served in the Militia. He was promoted Lieutenant on 18 November 1900, and served with No. 1 (Middlesex) Company, 21st Battalion, Mounted infantry in South Africa during the Boer War. He transferred to the Half-Pay list on 16 February 1906, and died on 6 March 1909.