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Five: Major B. V. S. Domvile, Royal Munster Fusiliers, who was Mentioned for his services du...
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Five: Major B. V. S. Domvile, Royal Munster Fusiliers, who was Mentioned for his services during the Boer War; and was killed by enemy action aboard the M.V. Georgic off Port Tewfik in 1941 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt. B. V. S. Domvile. Rl. Muns. Fus.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. B. V. S. Domvile. Rl. Muns. Fus.) engraved naming; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: B. V. S. Domvile. R. Muns: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Major B. V .S. Domvile.) pitting to edge of KSA, light contact marks and scratches to the Boer War pair, otherwise very fine and better (5) £500-£700 --- Beauchamp Victor Sintry Domvile was born on 8 January 1864, the son of the Reverend Charles Domvile, and served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Muster Fusiliers in South Africa during the Boer War in the Transvaal west of Pretoria; in the Orange River Colony; and in the Cape Colony from 30 November 1900 to March 1902 as an Assistant Press Censor (Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 10 September 1901). He saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 September 1914. Subsequently a King’s Messenger, he was killed by enemy action on board the M.V. Georgic whilst at anchor off Port Tewfik on 14 July 1941.
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Five: Major B. V. S. Domvile, Royal Munster Fusiliers, who was Mentioned for his services during the Boer War; and was killed by enemy action aboard the M.V. Georgic off Port Tewfik in 1941 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Capt. B. V. S. Domvile. Rl. Muns. Fus.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. B. V. S. Domvile. Rl. Muns. Fus.) engraved naming; 1914 Star, with clasp (Capt: B. V. S. Domvile. R. Muns: Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Major B. V .S. Domvile.) pitting to edge of KSA, light contact marks and scratches to the Boer War pair, otherwise very fine and better (5) £500-£700 --- Beauchamp Victor Sintry Domvile was born on 8 January 1864, the son of the Reverend Charles Domvile, and served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Muster Fusiliers in South Africa during the Boer War in the Transvaal west of Pretoria; in the Orange River Colony; and in the Cape Colony from 30 November 1900 to March 1902 as an Assistant Press Censor (Mentioned in Despatches London Gazette 10 September 1901). He saw further service during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 September 1914. Subsequently a King’s Messenger, he was killed by enemy action on board the M.V. Georgic whilst at anchor off Port Tewfik on 14 July 1941.
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