Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (93566 Dr: R. Hill, A.B. R.H.A.) edge nicks, very fine £200-£240

Richard Hill was born in Devon in 1874 and attested for the Royal Horse Artillery on 17 October 1892. He served in India from 10 October 1894 to 7 January 1900, and suffered a fracture of both bones in the left leg whilst on duty on 23 March 1898. He subsequently served in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 January to 11 December 1900, and was wounded in action at Badfontein on 2 September 1900. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 4 August 1902, and was discharged on 16 October 1904, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract.