Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (2969 Pte. H. F. Miller. 1/Oxfd: L.I.) clasp block loose on riband, very half-hearted attempt to obliterate naming, but details all perfectly legible, nearly very fine £60-£80

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

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Henry Fitzhardinge Miller was born in Thornbury, Bristol, in 1867 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at London on 26 March 1888. Transferring to the Army Reserve on 26 March 1895, he was recalled to the Colours and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 December 1899 to 8 May 1900. He was finally discharged on 30 November 1901, after 13 years and 248 days’ service.

Sold with copied record of service which confirms the three clasps.