Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private G. K. Ramsay, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry, who died of wounds on 24 February 1917
1914-15 Star (Pte. G. K. Ramsay 4th M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. G. K. Ramsay. 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, very fine

Three: Private W. E. Sweetnam, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry, who died in German captivity on 27 November 1916
1914-15 Star (Pte. W. E. Sweetnam 1st M.R.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Pte. W. E. Sweetnam 2nd S.A.I.) traces of adhesive to reverse of all, good very fine (6) £100-£140

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 Kenneth Ramsay was born in Johannesburg in 1895 and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 4 December 1915. Disembarked at Rouen on 27 July 1916, he spent his first month attached to 176th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Returned to the South African Infantry, he was wounded in action on 24 February 1917 and died of his injuries a short while later. Aged 19 years, he is buried in Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France.

Walter Eugene Sweetnam was born in Fort Beaufort in 1886 and attested for the South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 4 January 1916. Posted to the Western Front, he suffered a gunshot wound to the chest on 14 September 1916 and was later reported as a Prisoner of War on 6 October 1916. Likely sent to a German hospital, the wound to his left lung proved fatal. He died on 27 Novemebr 1916 and is buried in Douai Communal Cemetery, France.

Sold with copied service records for both recipients.