A Hong Kong Plague and Boer War pair to Private W. Evans, Shropshire Light Infantry who was the first man of the regiment to die in the Boer War

Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver (Private W. Evans, S.L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (3031 Pte. W. Evans 2nd Shropshire Lt. Infy.) good very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800

Provenance: Mike Minton Collection, Buckland Dix & Wood, September 1994.

Private W. Evans died of disease at Wynberg on 23 December 1899. He was the first man of the Shropshire Light Infantry to be lost in the War and it is ironic that, having served during the plague in Hong Kong, he himself should die from disease.