Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant-Drummer R. E. Young, Cheshire Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (2556 Cpl. R. Young, Cheshire Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2..6 Serjt:- Dmr: R. Young. Cheshire R...); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (...6 Serjt: Dmr: R. E .Young. Cheshire: Regt.) heavy contact marks, worn throughout, therefore fair (3) £80-120

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

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Robert Ernest Young was born in Alderney, Channel Islands, in 1872 and attested for the Cheshire Regiment at Bedford on 4 June 1887. Appointed a Drummer on I August 1889, and a Bandsman on 6 May 1896, he served with the Regiment in South Africa from 7 January 1900 until 26 October 1902, and was promoted Sergeant-Drummer on 14 August 1902. Awarded his Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 30 October 1905, he was discharged on 3 June 1908, after 21 years’ service.