Lot Archive

Lot

№ 992

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17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£220

Pair: Private T. Edmondson, 2nd Dragoons

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902
, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (3807 Pte., 2nd Dragoons); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3807 Pte., 2nd Drgns.), good very fine (2) £180-200

Isaac Walter Edmondson, who was born at Hawick, enlisted in the 2nd Dragoons at Dublin in July 1893, aged 18 years, stating previous service in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. He was subsequently engaged in South Africa from November 1899 until August 1902, and was transferred to the Army Reserve in the following month.