Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (5215 Pte. C.Pope, Somerset: Lt. Infy.) edge bruising, nearly very fine £80-£100

Charles Pope was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, in 1878. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry on 19 August 1898 and served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Mounted Infantry. Additionally entitled to King’s South Africa Medal with the usual two date clasps, he was discharged on 18 August 1910. He re-enlisted into his old regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 3 December 1914 and was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 25 March 1919.

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