Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Gunner E. S. Franklin, Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal (7791 Gnr: E. S. Franklin, 28: B, R.F.A.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7791 Gnr: E. S. Franklin. R.F.A.) slight edge bruise to first, contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180

Ernest Sidney Frankilin, a Cook from Athlone, Co. Westmeath, was born in 1877. He attested into the Royal Field Artillery on 9 January 1895 and served in South Africa during the Boer War. Transferred to the Reserve on 16 January 1903, he was discharged on 8 January 1907. He further attested into the Army Service Corps for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the Remount Department from 22 September 1914.

Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.