Special Collections

Sold on 30 March 2011

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A Collection of Medals relating to the Boer War formed by two brothers

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№ 146

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£520

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (588 Pte. R. R. Bevill, N.S. Wales M.R.) unofficial connection between 3rd and 4th clasps, nearly extremely fine
£300-350

Private R. R. Bevill served in the 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles during the Boer War. With copied roll extracts and verification.

Private Robert Royston Bevill, a member of the Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (Tropical Unit) (1 Battalion), embarked on H.M.A.T. Berrima at Sydney on 19 August 1914. He later served overseas as a Quartermaster Serjeant in the 20th Battalion A.I.F., 8 March 1915-4 May 1917.