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Auction: 21001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals (conducted behind closed doors)
Lot: 489

Five: Lieutenant J. R. Barrie, Durban Light Infantry, late Scots Guards

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (102. Corpl: J. R. Barrie. Scots: Gds.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (102 Serjt: J. R. Barrie. Scots Guards); 1914-15 Star (Lt J. R. Barrie 1st Infantry); British War and bi-lingual Victory Medals (Lt. J. R. Barrie), contact marks, very fine (5)

James Robert Barrie served with the Scots Guards during the Boer War, settling in South Africa. On the outbreak of the First World War he was commissioned Lieutenant with the 1st (Durban) Light Infantry during the Boer Revolt and German South West African Campaign. He later transferred to the Active Citizen Force for service in their Railway Company. Released from service on 16 September 1918; sold together with related riband bar, copied service details and M.I.C.

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Sold for
£260

Starting price
£160