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 (25799 Corpl. R. H. Meanwell, Imp. Yeo.) edge bruise, very fine £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Anglo-Boer War.

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Robert Henry Meanwell, a Printer, enlisted on 18 February 1901, aged 20 years. Served in the 11th Company, 3rd Battalion Imperial Yeomanry (Yorkshire Dragoons). Discharged 30 August 1902. His father, Thomas Meanwell, lived at 74 Cemetery Road, Doncaster. With a few copied notes.