A Boer War Pair awarded to Surgeon James Ward Summerhayes M.D., East Lancashire Regiment, who served as Surgeon in charge of the Brandfort Military Hospital, Orange River Colony, South Africa between 1900 and 1902, comprising: Queen’s South Africa, 1899-1902, 3rd type reverse, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (J.W. Summerhayes, M.D. Surgeon.); King’s South Africa, 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Civ. Surgn. J.W. Summerhayes. E. Lanc. Rgt.); Pair court-mounted, lightly toned, extremely fine (2). Surgeon James Ward Summerhayes qualified as a Medical Doctor at Durham University in 1898, M.B. (Honours) in 1894; was appointed Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, L.R.C.P. London in 1894 (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and St. Mary’s), and served as Assistant House Surgeon at Nottingham General Hospital. In the Boer War he served as Civilian Surgeon with the East Lancashire Regiment, and was placed in charge of the Brandfort Military Hospital in the Orange River Colony. He appears to have remained in Turf-fontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal, until he disappeared from annual lists between 1908 and 1909, presumably having died in South Africa.

Estimate: GBP 300 - 400