Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private A. Fulcher, 18th Hussars

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3820. Pte: A. Fulcher. 18/Hrs:); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3820 Pte. A. Fulcher. 18th. Hussars.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (5635 Pte. A. Fulcher. 18/Hrs.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Alexander Fulcher.) lightly polished, very fine (4) £280-£340

Alexander Fulcher was born in Ipswich in 1872 and attested there for the 19th Hussars on 20 February 1892, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. He served with the Regiment in India from 4 February 1893 to 14 October 1898, and then in South Africa from 15 October 1898 to 9 July 1902. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July 1910, and was discharged on 19 February 1913, after 21 years’ service. He died in Scarborough, Yorkshire, on 19 December 1946.