Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Private D. Smith, Imperial Yeomanry, who died of wounds at Rheboksfontein on 1 August 1901
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (28004 Pte. D. Smith. 11th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal 1900-1902, 3rd Battalion, South Africa 1901-1902 (28004 Pte. D. Smith.) very fine

Three: Private B. Smith, Army Service Corps
1914-15 Star (M2-046048 Pte. B. Smith. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-046048 Pte. B. Smith. A.S.C.) minor staining to VM, very fine (5) £400-£500

Daniel Smith was born in Bingley, Yorkshire, around 1878. A blacksmith’s striker, he attested at Doncaster for the Imperial Yeomanry on 12 February 1901, serving in South Africa with the 11th (Yorkshire Dragoons) Company, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, from 14 March 1901. He died on wounds on 1 August 1901, one of three men from Bingley to die during the campaign, and his name is commemorated upon a marble tablet in the Bingley Parish Church.

Benjamin Smith, the only child of the above, was born in Bingley, Yorkshire, around 1897. He served in France with the Army Service Corps from 19 May 1915 and was discharged to the Army Reserve on 15 June 1919.

Sold with considerable copied research by the current vendor, including an extract from With the 11th Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, 1901-1902, which describes a surprise night attack on an enemy laager near Rheboksfontein on 31 July 1901; the engagement resulted in 37 Boers killed, a larger number captured and 8 casualties amongst the British column - likely including Private D. Smith.