Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (436 L. Cpl. J. T. McLaren. P. Elzbth. T. G.) scratch to obverse, otherwise extremely fine £60-£80

James Torrance McLaren, a commercial traveller from Port Elizabeth, was born in Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, in 1870. He emigrated with his family to South Africa, and later attested into the Port Elizabeth Town Guard and served during the Boer War, on escort duty. He died in Port Elizabeth, aged 57, on 2 November 1927.

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