The Brian Kieran Collection

Nine: Trooper A. Tibbenham, 1st Life Guards

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (1853 Tr. A. Tibbenham, 1/L. Gds.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1853 Tr. A. Tibbenham, 1st Life Guards); 1914-15 Star (1853 Tpr. A. Tibbenham, 1-L. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (1853 Tpr. A. Tibbenham, 1-L. Gds.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1911; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1853 Tpr. A. Tibbenham, 1/L.G.); Germany, Mecklenburg-Sterlitz, Silver Medal of Merit (1904-14), mounted as worn, together with Royal Visit to India 1911-12 oval medallion, silver-gilt, and an enamelled Old Comrades badge, contact marks and polished, otherwise nearly very fine or better and rare (11) £600-700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brian Kieran Collection.

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Believed to be one of just 16 King South Africa Medals awarded to the 1st Life Guards.

Alfred Tibbenham was born in Aldburgh, Suffolk and enlisted in the 1st Life Guards in November 1894, aged 19 years. He subsequently witnessed active service out in South Africa from November 1899 until August 1900, and again from March 1901 until August 1902, in which periods he participated in the relief of Kimberley operations, including Paardeberg, and was awarded the above described Medals & clasps (as verified on his service record); so, too, his Coronation 1911 and L.S. & G.C. Medals, the latter being awarded in April 1913. During the Great War he served out in France from December 1915 until November 1916, and was awarded the Silver War Badge; his Medals are also illustrated in Brian Kieran’s Success of a General.