Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (5784 Pte. W. Blythe. Rifle Brigade.) light contact marks, polished, nearly very fine £100-£140

William Henry Blythe was born in St. Pancras, London, in 1883 and attested for the 5th (Militia) Battalion, Rifle Brigade, on 10 September 1901, having previously served with the 17th Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps. Embodied on 9 December 1901, he embarked for South Africa on 21 December 1901, and served with them during the Boer War until the cessation of hostilities. He was disembodied on 3 October 1902.

Sold with copied attestation papers and medal roll extracts.