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Five: Private S. Philp, Devonshire Regiment Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp,...
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Five: Private S. Philp, Devonshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Transvaal (5450 Pte. J. Phelp [sic]. Devon: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5450 Pte. J. Philp. Devon: Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5450 Pte. S. Philps [sic]. 1/Devon R.); British War and Victory Medals (5450 Pte. S. Philps [sic]. Devon. R.) edge bruising and contact marks to the Boer War pair, these nearly very fine; the Great War trio better (5) £240-£280 --- Louis Stanley Philp was born in Bodmin, Cornwall in 1881. He attested for the Devonshire Regiment on 1 October 1899 and embarked for South Africa 17 October 1900 to join the 2nd Battalion. Returning to England in 1903 he subsequently transferred to the 1st Battalion and at the outbreak of the Great War was stationed at St Helier, Jersey. The battalion embarked for France and joined the British Expeditionary Force at Le Havre on 22 August 1914. Taking part in the early actions, he was wounded leading to him being medically discharged on 29 March 1915. Returning to Cornwall he died at Lostwithiel on 6 April 1962, aged 81. Sold with photographic image of the recipient and other research.
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Five: Private S. Philp, Devonshire Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Transvaal (5450 Pte. J. Phelp [sic]. Devon: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5450 Pte. J. Philp. Devon: Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (5450 Pte. S. Philps [sic]. 1/Devon R.); British War and Victory Medals (5450 Pte. S. Philps [sic]. Devon. R.) edge bruising and contact marks to the Boer War pair, these nearly very fine; the Great War trio better (5) £240-£280 --- Louis Stanley Philp was born in Bodmin, Cornwall in 1881. He attested for the Devonshire Regiment on 1 October 1899 and embarked for South Africa 17 October 1900 to join the 2nd Battalion. Returning to England in 1903 he subsequently transferred to the 1st Battalion and at the outbreak of the Great War was stationed at St Helier, Jersey. The battalion embarked for France and joined the British Expeditionary Force at Le Havre on 22 August 1914. Taking part in the early actions, he was wounded leading to him being medically discharged on 29 March 1915. Returning to Cornwall he died at Lostwithiel on 6 April 1962, aged 81. Sold with photographic image of the recipient and other research.
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