DRUMMER J. SMITH, 2ND AND 3RD (1st NORFOLK MILITIA) BATTALIONS NORFOLK REGIMENT, LATER DRI

DRUMMER J. SMITH, 2ND AND 3RD (1st NORFOLK MILITIA) BATTALIONS NORFOLK REGIMENT, LATER DRIVER, ARMY SERVICE CORPS. Four: Queen’s South Africa Medal, type 2, ghost dates just visible on reverse, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, officially impressed (3590 Drummer, Norfolk Regiment) King’s South Africa, 2 clasps, officially impressed (3590 Drummer, Norfolk Regiment) 1914 Star (M1-8402 Private, Army Service Corps) Army LSGC, George V, officially impressed (3590 Drummer, Norfolk Regiment). Boer War pair and LSGC with scattered surface marks, edge nicks and rim bruises, QSA and KSA suspenders a little slack, otherwise Very Fine to Good Very Fine.

With photocopied QSA and KSA Medal Rolls (medals and clasps confirmed), WW1 Medal Index Card and 31 pages of photocopied service papers. James Herbert Smith, born Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, enlisted into the Norfolk Regiment on 17/2/1893. At the time of enlistment he was 18 years of age and gave his trade as that of painter. He initially saw service with the 2nd Battalion Norfolk Regiment as a Private, and then as a Drummer from 15/9/1896. He transferred to the permanent staff of the 3rd Battalion with the rank of Drummer on 5/1/1899. Smith saw service with the 3rd Norfolks in South Africa from 25/2/1900 to 10/4/1902. He was discharged, still serving as a Drummer, on 20/2/1911, having completed 18 years service with the colours. His LSGC Medal was awarded after discharge by Army Order 104 of 1912. Following the outbreak of WW1, Smith re-enlisted into the Army Service Corps, 20/11/1914. On his second enlistment he was 39 years of age and gave his trade as “motor driver”. He served with various units during WW1 as a Driver, but was invalided to the UK on 26/3/1919, suffering from nephritis, and transferred to the Class Z Army Reserve on 13/5/1919. James Herbert Smith died on 17/9/1946, aged 71 years.