QUEEN�S SOUTH AFRICA & KINGS SOUTH AFRICA. 2nd EAST SURREY Rgt

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QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA 
LAING'S NEK,TRANSVAAL, RELIEF of LADYSMITH, O.F.S. TUGELA HEIGHTS 

KING'S SOUTH AFRICA .
SOUTH AFRICA 1901 SOUTH AFRICA 1902

 To:

2728 (QSA)  & 1237 (KSA).
Pte W. BEXLEY. 2nd EAST SURREY Rgt

QUEEN�S SOUTH AFRICA & KINGS SOUTH AFRICA. 2nd EAST SURREY Rgt

Originally recorded as 1237 on service papers (which are crossed out and re-numbered 2728) so both medals are actually totally correct.
 Bexley tried to re-enlist in 1914 for WW1 but was discharged as medically unfit after 30 days. Not to be undone, he enlisted in the Labour Corps in 1919 and served a total of 17 years.

 

(NOTE: BEXLEY was present when Sgt Albert E. Curtis won his Victoria Cross on 23rd February 1900 and his pair display the identical clasps to those of Curtis.
*We are honoured to have once had in stock the Albert Curtis Victoria Cross group which is now part of the Lord Ashcroft Collection and is permanently on display at the IWM Lambeth.       

This pair worthy of further research ...Both medals EF on original ribbons in
EF condition with superb matching black glossy patina.  

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QUEEN�S SOUTH AFRICA & KINGS SOUTH AFRICA. 2nd EAST SURREY Rgt

QUEEN�S SOUTH AFRICA & KINGS SOUTH AFRICA. 2nd EAST SURREY Rgt
£SOLD

QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA (5) & KING'S SOUTH AFRICA (2). To: 2728 & 1237. Pte W. BEXLEY 2nd EAST SURREY Rgt.