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№ 493

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27 February 2019

Hammer Price:
£160

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901 (3705 Pte. J. Bowley, 1st. Rl. Sussex Regt.) extremely fine £160-£200

James Bowley attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War. He died of disease at Bloemfontein on 12 December 1901, and is commemorated on the Regency Square Memorial, Brighton, Sussex.