Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (3451. Pte. H. Anstey. 13/Hussars.) engraved naming, good very fine £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 13th, 18th and 13th/18th Hussars.

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Herbert Anstey was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, in 1876 and attested there for the 13th Hussars on 28 September 1894, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 10 November 1899 to 23 July 1900, and again from 28 February 1901 to 24 September 1902 (also entitled to a Kings South Africa Medal). He transferred to the Army Reserve on 8 November 1902, and was discharged on 27 September 1906, after a total of 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.