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Five: Second Lieutenant C. K. Martin, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry 1914-15 Star...
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Five: Second Lieutenant C. K. Martin, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry 1914-15 Star (Pte. C. K. Martin 3rd. M.R); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (2/Lt. C. K. Martin.); War Medal 1939-45); Africa Service Medal, these last two both officially impressed ‘223451 C. K. Martin’, traces of adhesive to reverse of all, generally very fine Three: Corporal D. V. Ellis, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry 1914-15 Star (Pte. D. V. Ellis 1st Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl. D. V. Ellis. 2nd S.A.I.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘SA 8662’, traces of adhesive to reverse of all, very fine (8) £160-£200 --- Charles Kingsley Martin was born in Ixopo, Natal, around 1895, and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 30 September 1915, stating 4 years of previous service with the Natal Mounted Rifles. Briefly posted to Egypt, he disembarked at Marseilles on 20 April 1916 and was wounded in action on 19 July 1916. His service records note a gunshot wound to the neck and back during the Battle of the Somme and a later wound to the hip on 12 April 1917. Evacuated to England for medical attention, he was demobilised at Maitland on 28 April 1919. Douglas Vernon Ellis was born in Hobart, Tasmania, around 1896, and initially attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Durban on 22 January 1917. Embarked at Cape Town for England per S.S. Walmer Castle on 24 February 1917, he was wounded in action on 23 March 1918 whilst serving with the 2nd Regiment on the Western Front. Detailed in his service record as a shrapnel wound to the left leg, he was evacuated to Fulham Military Hospital and later returned home to South Africa per S.S. Carisbrooke Castle in March 1919. Sold with copied service records for both recipients.
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Five: Second Lieutenant C. K. Martin, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry 1914-15 Star (Pte. C. K. Martin 3rd. M.R); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (2/Lt. C. K. Martin.); War Medal 1939-45); Africa Service Medal, these last two both officially impressed ‘223451 C. K. Martin’, traces of adhesive to reverse of all, generally very fine Three: Corporal D. V. Ellis, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry 1914-15 Star (Pte. D. V. Ellis 1st Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl. D. V. Ellis. 2nd S.A.I.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘SA 8662’, traces of adhesive to reverse of all, very fine (8) £160-£200 --- Charles Kingsley Martin was born in Ixopo, Natal, around 1895, and attested for the 2nd South African Infantry at Potchefstroom on 30 September 1915, stating 4 years of previous service with the Natal Mounted Rifles. Briefly posted to Egypt, he disembarked at Marseilles on 20 April 1916 and was wounded in action on 19 July 1916. His service records note a gunshot wound to the neck and back during the Battle of the Somme and a later wound to the hip on 12 April 1917. Evacuated to England for medical attention, he was demobilised at Maitland on 28 April 1919. Douglas Vernon Ellis was born in Hobart, Tasmania, around 1896, and initially attested for the 1st South African Infantry at Durban on 22 January 1917. Embarked at Cape Town for England per S.S. Walmer Castle on 24 February 1917, he was wounded in action on 23 March 1918 whilst serving with the 2nd Regiment on the Western Front. Detailed in his service record as a shrapnel wound to the left leg, he was evacuated to Fulham Military Hospital and later returned home to South Africa per S.S. Carisbrooke Castle in March 1919. Sold with copied service records for both recipients.
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