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Queen's South Africa Medal1

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Last Edited: 28 Oct 2021
  • Award*: Queen's South Africa Medal was awarded to William Welsh in 1901. Queen's South Africa Medal & Clasps "Cape Colony Orange Free State & S Africa."2

Notes

  • Note for Web*: Queen's South Africa Medal The Queen's South Africa Medal is a British campaign medal awarded to British and Colonial military personnel, and to civilians employed in an official capacity, who served in the Second Boer War in South Africa. Altogether twenty-six clasps were awarded, to indicate participation in particular actions and campaigns..1

Citations

  1. [S29] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_South_Africa_Medal [Sept 2021].
  2. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription URL of this page: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbm%2fwo97%2f6204%2f1062389 [April 2016].