Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen, South Africa 1901, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (4574 Trpr: V. Andrews, 41st. Coy. 12th Imp: Yeo:) very fine £120-£160

Victor Andrews was born in Fareham, Hampshire, and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Winchester on 5 January 1900, having previously served as a Cyclist in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. He served with the 41st (Hampshire) Company, 12th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 31 January 1900 to 25 April 1901, and was wounded by gun shot to the left leg at Lang Berg on 26 October 1900. He was discharged on 28 May 1901, his Medical History sheet recording that he was suffering at the time from enteric fever.