Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private B. B. Hamilton, Rhodesia Regiment, attached 1st Regiment, South African Infantry, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War in March 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (R.R.1783 Pte. B. B. Hamilton 1/S.A. Inf.); British War Medal 1914-20, erased; Bilingual Victory 1914-19 (Pte. B. B. Hamilton. RHCD. 1st. S.A.I. Bgde) glue residue to reverse of all, minor edge nicks to MM, generally very fine (3) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 1st Regiment, South African Infantry.

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M.M. London Gazette 20 August 1919.

Benjamin Bradley Hamilton, a fireman, was born around 1893, the son of Mrs. A. S. Hamilton of Mahalapye, Bechuanaland. He attested at Salisbury on 4 March 1917 for the 2nd Rhodesia Regiment and was subsequently attached to the 2nd South African Infantry. Embarked at Cape Town for England per Dunvegan Castle on 13 September 1917, he transferred to the 1st South African Infantry on 6 March 1918 and served on the Western Front during the German Spring Offensive. Reported as Missing in Action on 24 March 1918, he was later reported as a Prisoner of War on 23 May 1918. Hamilton was repatriated at the cessation of hostilities and was discharged on 7 November 1919, a few months after learning of the award of his Military Medal.

Sold with copied service record.