Three: Farrier Sergeant C. Boyles, Royal Artillery, Late 40th (Oxfordshire Hussars) Company, Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (7941 Sgt. Far: C. Boyles, 40th Coy 10th Impl: Yeo:); British War and Victory Medals (50068 Sjt. C. Boyles. R.A.) one rivet missing between first and second clasp, top clasp loose on QSA, verdigris stains to reverse of VM, contact marks, otherwise good fine (3) £100-£140

Charles Boyles attested into the 40th (Oxfordshire Hussars) Company, Imperial Yeomanry, and served in South Africa during the Boer War, including later service with the 26th Imperial Yeomanry. He attested into the Royal Artillery on 27 October 1914 for service during the Great War, and served in the Egyptian theatre as a Farrier Sergeant. He was discharged, aged 52, on 26 August 1916 as a consequence of sickness, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 50,068. He is additionally entitled to a 1914-15 Star.