Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private E. Mantle, Royal Sussex Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7537 Pte. E. Mantle, 3: R: Sussex Regt.) number, initial, and battalion no. renamed; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (S-2293 Pte. E. Mantle. 2/R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (LSR-2293 Pte. E. Mantle. R. Suss. R.) very fine (4) £100-£140

Ernest Mantle was born in Chichester, Sussex in 1882 and attested as a Boy for the 3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (Militia) on 2 November 1894. He embarked for South Africa on 29 March 1901, and served during the Boer War with the Mounted Infantry. He returned home via St. Helena on 11 September 1902 and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery on 23 October 1902 at Dover. He deserted, however, two months later, faced trial, and was discharged medically unfit due to ‘Melancholia’ on 4 August 1903.

After the outbreak of the Great War, Mantle re-attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment on 19 August 1914 and served with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front from 10 November 1914. Discharged sick and physically unfit for war service on 2 July 1915, he was awarded a Silver War Badge.

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