Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (10278 L. Cpl. J. A. Rowan, 56th Coy. 15th Imp. Yeo.) edge bruising, good very fine £120-160

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

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John Andrew Rowan was born in Enfield, Middlesex. Attesting for short service in the Imperial Yeomanry at Buckingham on 12 February 1900, aged 20 years, 5 months, he served in South Africa with the 56th (Buckinghamshire) Company, 15th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, March-November 1900. He was slightly wounded in the chest at Welverdiend, 4 September 1900. Discharged at his own request on 24 January 1901. With copied service papers.