Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Driefontein, Johannesburg (1370 Pte. A. Holcombe, Cldstm: Gds:) light contact marks and wear to unit, nearly very fine £240-£280

Alfred Holcombe was born in Reigate, Surrey, in 1880. A labourer, he attested at Guildford for the Coldstream Guards on 22 January 1898, and served in South Africa during the Boer War from 26 October 1899 to 20 July 1902. The recipient’s Army Service Record adds: ‘Severely wounded at Pretoria, 6.6.1900.’