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Auction: 24003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 108

The rare campaign group of five awarded to Quartermaster & Captain J. A. Harmer, Army Veterinary Corps, late Army Service Corps, who was 'mentioned' for his services in 1901 and earned no less than 10 clasps across his two Medals for the Anglo-Boer War

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 8 clasps, Belmont, Modder River, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (7525 S: S: Major J. A. Hamer, A.S.C.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7525 S.S.Major J. A. Harmer. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Capt. J. A. Harmer.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (7525 S.S.Maj: J. A. Harmer. A.S.C.), contact marks, very fine (5)

James Augustus Harmer was born at Pimlico in 1866, the son of Matthew and Elizabeth Harmer of 16 Ebury Street. Enlisting at Westminster on 7 July 1887, he was appointed Lance-Corporal in 1889 and Sergeant in 1896, Harmer was finally promoted Staff Sergeant-Major in September 1899, just prior to his entry in the Anglo-Boer War.

He served out there for some time, being 'mentioned' for his good work (London Gazette 10 September 1901) and earned no less than ten clasps across his two Medals for the campaign. Leaving South Africa in 1903 he was promoted 1st Class Staff Sergeant Major in 1905, and continued to serve at Home, appearing as part of the Garrison of Alderney on the Channel Islands in 1911.

Harmer was discharged to the Reserves in 1912 but returned to service on the outbreak of the Great War. He was commissioned Quartermaster and Lieutenant with the Army Veterinary Corps in 1915, entering the Salonika theatre of war in December 1917. Having been advanced Captain in 1918, he retired to Herne Bay, Kent where he died in June 1928; sold together with copied research.

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Estimate
£700 to £900

Starting price
£600