Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Major K. H. Devitt, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Garrison Artillery, later Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, unofficial rivets between state and date clasps (Lieut. K. H. Devitt. Hants & I. of W. R.G.A.) engraved naming; 1914-15 Star (Capt. K. H. Devitt. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major K. H. Devitt.) minor edge bruising to first, good very fine and better (4) £300-£400

Kenneth Hayward Devitt was born in Upper Clapton, Middlesex, in 1882 and served with the Service Company, Duke of Connaught’s Own Hampshire and Isle of Wight Royal Garrison Artillery in South Africa during the Boer War. He saw further service with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War on the Western Front from May 1915.

Sold with copied Medal Index Card and medal roll extracts.