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№ 348

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12 February 2025

Hammer Price:
£140

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (3635 Pte. E. O. Williams, 29th. Coy. 9th. Imp: Yeo:) minor edge nick, good very fine £100-£140

Evan Owen Williams was born in Llanidloch, Montgomeryshire, in 1877 and attested for the 29th (Denbighshire) Company, 9th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry at Wrexham on 29 December 1899, having previously served in the Denbighshire Hussars. He served with the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 9 February to 21 September 1900, and was discharged on 20 November 1900, after 328 days’ service.

Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.