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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 138

(x) Six: Sergeant F. Smith, 3rd South African Infantry Regiment, late Rand Rifles, British South Africa Police, and Cape Town Highlanders

Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Pte F. Smith. C.T. Highdrs); Queen's South Africa 199-1902, 2 clasps, Rhodesia, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal (191 Trp: F. Smith. B.S.A. Police); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Guide F. Smith. F.I.D.); 1914-15 Star (Pte F. Smith Rand Rfls.); British War and bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt F. Smith. 3rd S.A.I.), mounted as worn, very fine (6)

Frederick Smith served with the Cape Town Highlanders at the Cape of Good Hope before then being called for service once more to fight in the Boer War. He initially fought with the British South Africa Police, II (Bulawayo) Division and then with the Field Intelligence Department. Called to duty once more, he served with the 3rd South African Infantry Regiment during the Great War, where they saw action firstly in Egypt, and then on the Western Front, at Ypres and Passchendaele. He appears to have survived the war and is not present on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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Estimate
£600 to £700

Starting price
£480