Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (16151. Serjt. F. A. H. Stiles. R.E.) engraved naming, good very fine £100-£140

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward De Santis.

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Frank Arthur Harrington Stiles was born in London, Ontario, Canada, in 1854, and attested for the Royal Engineers at Pembroke Dock on 12 November 1878. Promoted Corporal on 1 May 1883, and Sergeant on 15 November 1885, he served in South Africa during the Boer War from 14 November 1899 to 14 December 1900, and was promoted Engineer Clerk Staff Sergeant on 2 January 1900. He was discharged on 12 February 1901, after 22 years and 92 days’ service, of which 7 years and 301 days were spent soldiering overseas.