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Auction: 17003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 537

Pair: Major J. F. Oliver, Manchester Regiment, late Roberts' Horse

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (944 Corpl: J. F. Oliver. Roberts Horse); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. J. F. Oliver. Manc. Rgt.), light edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (2)

John Farquharson Oliver was born at Havant, Hampshire in May 1876. The son of Captain S. Oliver, of Rutherford Lodge, Worthing he was educated at Sherborne. Serving initially as a Corporal in Roberts' Horse, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment on 19 May 1900, being promoted Lieutenant on 13 July 1901. During the campaign he saw action on numerous occasions and was present on the expeditions to Prieska, Sunnyside and Dewetsdorp, commanding a section during 1900 (War Services of the Army, 1920 refers).

Oliver was next attached to the West African Frontier Force, Lagos Battalion from 21 October 1903. With the commencement of hostilities, he was commissioned Captain in the 11th Battalion, Manchester Regiment and was mentioned in the desptaches for services in the Dardanelles (London Gazette 28 January 1916, refers) and later wounded (Manchester Evening News, 19 October 1916, refers). Sold with copied service papers and research confirming entitlement.

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£230