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Auction: 24002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 136

Four: Major F. S. Probyn, Army Veterinary Corps

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (C.V.S. F. S. Probyn. A.V.D.); 1914-15 Star (Major F. S. Probyn. A.V.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Major F. S Probyn), extremely fine (4)

Frederick Stewart Probyn, most likely a nephew of Thomas Frederick Arms, was born at Norwich on 26 August 1876. He served during the Boer War as a civilian veterinary surgeon, one of about 100 of whom volunteered for service in South Africa with the Army Veterinary Department, with whom he served from April 1902-December 1907. He served as a Major in the Army Veterinary Corps during the Great War in Mesopotamia and retired from the Army on 2 October 1920. The Major died at Sidmouth in July 1956.

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