A SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1879 AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE TRIO TO RO...

A SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL 1879 AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE TRIO TO ROBERT BEVIS OF THE 99TH FOOT. A South Africa medal with 1879 clasp named to 2040 Pte R. Bevis 99th Foot, Long Service and good Conduct Medal, 2nd type, named to 187 Cr Sergt R. Bevis Wilts R. and a George V Meritorious Service Medal to C. Sjt R. Bevis Wilts R. Robert Bevis, a labourer from Portsea in Hampshire attested for the 99th at Aldershot in December 1871 at the age of 18. He served until 1876 when his record states 'Found to belong to the Hampshire Militia Artillery for which he was attested 7th July 1871'. Lance Corporal from 1876 , Corporal in the same year, Lance Sergeant from 1878 and Sergeant later the same year. Reduced to Private following a trial 1879 it was 1882 before he achieved the rank of Sergeant again. He was reengaged on the 16th July 1882 and discharged at the end of 1896. His record includes service in Bermuda, Cape Town and other locations. He was promoted to Colour Sergeant 11th January 1889. His Good Conduct medal, without gratuity, was awarded on the 1st April 1890. The Wardrobe museum in Salisbury have a photograph (SBYRW 22913) of Colour Sergeant Bevis in uniform wearing a single medal. Another (SBYRW 22914) shows him with his wife and two children. A later photograph shows an older Bevis in the uniform of the Wiltshire Rifle Volunteers, in this image he is wearing two medals. Provenance: The Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Benskin Green Collection, purchased in April 1952 from Baldwin for £2 12s 6d. Loaned to 'The Wardrobe' Military museum Salisbury by Dr J. Green 1982 - 2026.

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