Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (31228 Q.M. Serjt. G. E. Powell, 89th Coy. Imp. Yeo.), nearly very fine and toned £100-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Welsh Regiments formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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George Edward Powell enlisted in the Imperial Yeomanry in February 1901, direct from the Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry. Posted to the 89th Company as a Quarter-Master Sergeant, he witnessed active service in South Africa, where his unit was detached from the 9th (Welsh) Battalion to form with the Bechuanaland Mounted Infantry and 4th Bedford Mounted Infantry, the 1st Divisional Scouting Corps. Powell was discharged back home in August 1902; sold with copied research.