Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal (5704 Pte. E. Schofield, 2nd E. Yorkshire Regt.) edge bruising, good very fine £120-160

5704 Private E. Schofield, 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, died of disease at Mooi River on 18 February 1902. The published medal casualty roll lists his service number as ‘5764’. His entry in the medal roll, dated ‘Bethlehem, 8 September 1901’ lists him as serving in the 14th Mounted Infantry and being additionally entitled to the clasp ‘Wittebergen’. With copied roll extracts.