Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private A. Arrowsmith, Rifle Brigade

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4576 Pte. A. Arrowsmith. 2/Rif: Bde:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (4576 Pte. A. Arrowsmith. Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4576 Pte. A. Arrowsmith. Rifle Brigade.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, good very fine (4) £400-£500

Alfred Arrowsmith was born in Galborne, Lancashire, in 1874 and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Warrington on 9 September 1896, having previously served in the 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 12 July to 20 September 1898; in Crete during the occupation of that island from 21 September 1898 to 1 October 1899; and then in South Africa during the Boer War from 2 October 1899 to 20 June 1900, and again from 3 August 1901 to 29 October 1902. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 9 September 1903, and was discharged on 8 September 1908.

Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts.