Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6361 Pte A. Porter. Oxford: Lt Infy:) edge bruising, nearly very fine £100-£140

Albert Porter was born in Leicester in 1880 and attested there for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 16 June 1900. Within a month he had been sentenced to 7 days imprisonment with hard labour, presumably for attempted desertion. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 3 August 1901 to 5 March 1902, and then with the 2nd Battalion in India from 6 March 1902 to 14 January 1908. Returning home on 15 January 1908, he transferred to the Reserve on 16 June 1908, and was discharged on 15 June 1912, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.