Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, South Africa 1901 last clasp loose on riband (956 Pte. C. H. Clippingdale, C.I.V.) nearly extremely fine £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Charles Henry Clippingdale was born in West Ham, London in 1873. A clerk by occupation, he joined the 1st City of London Rifles in 1896 and served in South Africa during the Boer War with the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers, after which he transferred to the Imperial Military Railway Police as a Constable. He died of enteric fever at Pretoria on 19 December 1901.