Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Captain L. Ludlow, Royal Fusiliers, late Southern Rhodesia Volunteers Reserve Force

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Rhodesia 1896, no clasp (Gunr. L. Ludlow. Artillery Troop B.F.F.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking (Tpr: L. Ludlow. S. Rhod: R.F.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. L. Ludlow.) good very fine (3) £700-£900

Lionel Ludlow served as a Gunner with the Artillery Troop, Bulawayo Field Force in Rhodesia in 1896, and then with the Southern Rhodesia Reserve Force in South Africa during the Boer War. A Captain with the Southern Rhodesia Volunteers in 1915, he saw further service during the Boer War as a Captain in the Royal Fusiliers (entitled to a British War Medal only).

Sold with a photographic of the image of the S.R.V. and Rhodesia Reserve Volunteers, Training Camp, Bulawayo, June 1915, in which the recipient is identified; copied medal roll extracts and medals index card; and other research.