Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private G. P. E. Brown, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry, late South African Heavy Artillery
1914-15 Star (Gnr. G. P. E. Brown S.A.H.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Pte. G. P. E. Brown. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, nearly very fine

Pair: Private G. G. R. Poultney, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry, who was killed in action on 9 April 1917
British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. G. G. R. Poultney 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of both, edge nicks, nearly very fine (4) £70-£90

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, The Bernard Harris Collection of Medals to the 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry.

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George Percival Ernest Brown was born in Durban in 1895 and attested at Potchefstroom for the South African Expeditionary Force on 27 August 1915. Posted to the Western Front with “A” Company, 2nd South African Infantry, he was wounded in action during the Battle of the Somme on 20 July 1916, and suffered a severe wound to the left leg on 9 April 1917. Evacuated to Military Hospital at Lewisham, the wound ended his campaign and he was discharged at Wynberg in February 1918.

Godfrey Glyde Reginald Poultney was born in Cape Province and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 27 August 1915. Treated for shell shock at Wimereux 10 July 1916, he was evacuated to Tooting Military Hospital and spent two months in convalescence. The recipient’s service record adds: ‘Blown up by a H.E. shell & buried - then dug out unconscious. Very dazed and with pain...’ Poultney later returned to the Western Front and was killed in operations around Arras on 9 April 1917. He is buried at Athies Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Sold with copied service records for both recipients.