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Auction: 15003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 46

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (6314 Pte. J. Mc'Robbie, A. & S. Highrs:), surname officially corrected, extremely fine

6314 Private James McRobbie, born Broughty Ferry, Forfar, 1878; enlisted in the Royal Highlanders, January 1897; transferred to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, November 1897; served with the 2nd Mounted Infantry in South Africa, 27.10.1899 - 29.5.1903; taken Prisoner of War at Nooitgedacht, 13.12.1900; discharged, 9.2.1909, after 12 years' service.

Provenance: Taylor Collection, Christie, November 1990

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