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Medals to the Somerset Light Infantry 4 months 2 weeks ago #95575

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QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4380 Pte W. Elms. Somerset L.I.);
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Sold for a hammer price of GBP 85. Totals: GBP 105. R 2,370. AUD 190. NZD 210. CAD 180. USD 130. EUR 120.
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Medals to the Somerset Light Infantry 2 weeks 2 days ago #97227

My grandfather's Boer War medals.
Pte 5252 Arthur George Rayson Somerset Light Infantry.
QSA: Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal.
KSA: 1901 & 1902 bars.
Medals at the Museum of Somerset.



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Medals to the Somerset Light Infantry 2 weeks 2 days ago #97228

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Glenn,

There is a good chance your grandfather is somewhere in this photograph. It shows the Somerset Light Infantry during a lull in the fighting on the Tugela Heights. Unusually, it is not heavily posed, and gives a good idea of what it was like in the British forward positions when things were quiet.






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