Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (8420 Pte. J. Hastie, Rl. Highrs.) very fine £80-100

John Hastie was born in St. Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh and enlisted at Edinburgh. He served with the Black Watch during the Boer War. In the Great War, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion in France / Flanders, he died of wounds on 12 June 1915. He was buried in the Edinburgh (Grange) Cemetery.