Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3808 Serjt: A. Atkins. Bedford: Regt.) suspension loose, edge knocks, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £60-£80

Alfred Arthur Atkins was born in Stanmore, Middlesex, and attested for the 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, aged 18, on 21 October 1898 . He served in South Africa during the Boer War (Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal). Appointed Sergeant in 1901, he was disembodied on 11 June 1902. He rejoined his regiment for service during the Great War, aged 38, on 3 November 1916 and served with the 1/5th Battalion in Egypt from 3 March 1917. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ on 7 March 1919.

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