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Rare Pre WW1 Boer War Ceylon Mounted Infantry medals and uniform/helmet badge
Boer War medals to Captain Algernon Charles Corbetta, one of only 125 men of the unit who served in the Ceylon Mounted Infantry in South Africa. During WW1 he served in Salonika as a Captain with the 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, later transferring to the Royal Air Force in 1918. Queen’s South Africa Medal, 1899, with two clasps CAPE COLONY, DRIEFONTEIN, impressed named 369 TRPR: A CORBETTA.CEYLON M.I.; CEYLON PLANTERS RIFLE CORPS silver shooting medal, unnamed and blank to the rear with maker’s mark. Court mounted for display.; Ceylon Mounted Rifles badge (possibly cross belt) approximately 63mm diameter, two retaining lugs to the rear, makers marked HOBSON and SONS, LONDON. They come with extracts service papers, M.I.C., medal rolls and newspaper articles. Captain Algernon Charles Corbetta was born on 16/3/1875 in Norwich, Norfolk, England. On the outbreak of the Boer war, he was residing in Ceylon (possibly emigrated 1896) and working for the Maturatta Group tea planters. He served in the Boer War with the Ceylon Mounted Infantry (1st Contingent) which consisted of 125 men, serving from February 1900 – 1901. He qualified for the QSA and clasps Cape Colony and Driefontein. He returned to Ceylon post war and moved on […]
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