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Pair: Corporal R. Liversidge, Yorkshire Regiment, later South African Medical Corps, who...
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Pair: Corporal R. Liversidge, Yorkshire Regiment, later South African Medical Corps, who died in France on 2 December 1919 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3632 Pte. R. Liversidge, Yorkshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3632 Pte. R. Liversidge, York: Regt.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Liversidge) in original card envelope, with accompanying Buckingham Palace enclosure, in outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘ Mrs. M. R. Liversidge, 4 Duncan Street, Landport, Portsmouth, Hants.’, toned, extremely fine (3) £220-£260 --- Robert Liversidge was born at Rawmarsh, Rotherham, Yorkshire, on 22 January 1873 and attested for the Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment at Derby on 8 June 1892. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and transferred to the Reserve at Elandsfontein, Transvaal, on 8 July 1902. Remaining in South Africa he was discharged at Pretoria on 7 June 1904, after 12 years’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War, Liversdge attested for the South African Medical Corps at Johannesburg on 15 April 1916, and served as a Corporal with the 3rd Field Ambulance in German East Africa. He was discharged, permanently unfit for further service, on 31 August 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Returning to Europe, he died whilst serving with 18th Labour Group Headquarters, British Troops in France, whilst stationed at Le Quesnoy on 2 December 1919. Sold with the recipient’s original Parchment Certificate of Discharge; Parchment Certificate of Character; Parchment Reserve Certificate; South African Certificate of Discharge; named enclosure for the Silver War Badge; a photograph of the recipient; a hand-written letter to the recipient’s wife following his death; and other ephemera.
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Pair: Corporal R. Liversidge, Yorkshire Regiment, later South African Medical Corps, who died in France on 2 December 1919 Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3632 Pte. R. Liversidge, Yorkshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3632 Pte. R. Liversidge, York: Regt.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Liversidge) in original card envelope, with accompanying Buckingham Palace enclosure, in outer OHMS transmission envelope addressed to ‘ Mrs. M. R. Liversidge, 4 Duncan Street, Landport, Portsmouth, Hants.’, toned, extremely fine (3) £220-£260 --- Robert Liversidge was born at Rawmarsh, Rotherham, Yorkshire, on 22 January 1873 and attested for the Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment at Derby on 8 June 1892. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and transferred to the Reserve at Elandsfontein, Transvaal, on 8 July 1902. Remaining in South Africa he was discharged at Pretoria on 7 June 1904, after 12 years’ service. Following the outbreak of the Great War, Liversdge attested for the South African Medical Corps at Johannesburg on 15 April 1916, and served as a Corporal with the 3rd Field Ambulance in German East Africa. He was discharged, permanently unfit for further service, on 31 August 1917, and was awarded a Silver War Badge. Returning to Europe, he died whilst serving with 18th Labour Group Headquarters, British Troops in France, whilst stationed at Le Quesnoy on 2 December 1919. Sold with the recipient’s original Parchment Certificate of Discharge; Parchment Certificate of Character; Parchment Reserve Certificate; South African Certificate of Discharge; named enclosure for the Silver War Badge; a photograph of the recipient; a hand-written letter to the recipient’s wife following his death; and other ephemera.
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