Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private H. Miller, Oxfordshire Light Infantry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5907 Pte. H. Miller. 1/Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5907 Pte H. Miller. Oxford: L.I.) very fine (2) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Herbert Miller was born in Newington, London, in 1880 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Kingston-on-Thames on 4 November 1898. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 5 February 1900 to 5 March 1902, and thence in India until 25 January 1907. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 28 January 1907, and was discharged on 3 November 1910, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service.