Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private C. Hemas, West Riding Regiment
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (2952 Pte., W.Riding Regt.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (2952 Pte., W.Riding Regt.) together with original parchment Certificate of Discharge, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-100

Charles Hemas was born in Gateshead, Durham, and attested for the West Riding regiment at Bradford on 10 March 1891, aged 19 years and two months. He served abroad for 9 years and 322 days, including the war in South Africa, and was discharged at Halifax on 9 March 1903.