Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (2620 Pte. A. Townsend, Rifle Brigade.) extremely fine £260-300

Provenance: David Boniface Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2008.

A. Townsend served with the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade in South Africa during the Boer War, and was killed in action at Pieter’s Hill on 27 February 1900, whilst serving as part of “D” Company, during the attempts to relieve Ladysmith. The attack and subsequent occupation of Pieter’s Hill was accomplished under heavy fire from the front and left flanks, and the Battalion suffered 7 other ranks killed and 50 wounded.

Sold with copied medal roll extract and other research.