Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (25705 Tpr. J. Constable, 6th Imp. Yeo.) good very fine £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Boer War Medals.

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John Constable was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire. A Joiner by occupation and a member of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, he attested for short service with the Imperial Yeomanry at Glasgow on 14 February 1901, aged 20 years, 3 months. With the 18th (Queen’s Own Royal Glasgow) Company, 6th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry he served in South Africa, March 1901-August 1902. He was discharged at Aldershot on 8 November 1902. With copied service papers and roll extracts.