Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1365 Pte. F. Richards. K.R.R.C.) initial officially corrected, polished, good very fine £80-£120

Frederick Richards was born in Borough, London, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 23 November 1898. He served with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 January to 28 July 1900, and during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August to 19 September 1914. He was slightly wounded during the Great War, and was discharged on account of his wounds on 4 June 1915, after 16 years and 194 days’ service, being awarded a Silver War Badge.

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