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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 473

Pair: Private W. Smith, Cameron Highlanders Queen´s Sudan 1896-98 (3758. Pte. W. Smith. 1/Cam: Hdrs.); Khedive´s Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, minor contact marks, good very fine (2) Estimate £ 340-380 3758 Private William Smith, born Dunfermline, Fife, 1871; enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders, January 1896; served with the Regiment in Egypt and the Sudan, October 1897 to March 1900, and in South Africa from March 1900 to October 1902, where he was present at the actions in the Cape Colony, at Johannesburg, 31.5.1900; Diamond Hill, 11-12.6.1900; and Wittebergen, 1-29.7.1900 (Queen´s South Africa Medal with four clasps and King´s South Africa Medal); discharged January 1908 after 12 years with the Colours.

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