Victorian Campaign Pair of Medals for Service in the Somerset Light Infantry in India and South Africa, India General Service Medal 1895-1902 with clasp Punjab Frontier 1897-98, engraved naming, ‘3333 PTE S SPEAREY 1ST BTN SOM LT INFY’, Queens South Africa Medal with 2 clasps, Transvaal and South Africa 1902, impressed naming, ‘3333 PTE S SPEAREY SOMERSET: L.I.’ Frederick Spearey, an 18-year-old Labourer from Bristol, attested for the Somerset Light Infantry on 17th October 1891 in Taunton. He served in Gibraltar, the East Indies and South Africa and participated in the 1897 Mohmand Expedition. He was discharged on 14th October 1903 on termination of his period of engagement having completed 12 years’ service. India Medal and clasp are confirmed on the roll for the 1st Battalion, the QSA and both clasps are confirmed on the medal roll of the 2nd Battalion.