MILITARY MEDALS, GB (3), part Group to Lt Colonel F R B Umfreville, CMG (MYB6) with ribbon, DSO (MYB27, with case) & Queens South Africa Medal (LIEUT: R.B. UMFREVILLE. WORC: REGT) with five clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony; hand points to F. Robert Brunton Umfreville (1881 - 1937) served in the South African War & WWI when he was awarded the DSO (24/8/1917) for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in leading an attack and personally rallying his men under heavy shell fire. On the following day, he was continuously in the front line, which was held at a critical period through his personal courage and example. EF - AU