Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private F. Edwards, 5th Dragoon Guards, who was present at the Battle of Elandslaaagte on 21 October 1899, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War near Wolmaranstad on 24 July 1901

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4602 Pte. F. Edwards. 5th. Dragoon Guards); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4602 Pte. F. Edwrds. 5th. Drgn: Gds:) minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £500-£700

F. Edwards attested for the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s) Dragoon Guards, and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War. He was captured and taken Prisoner of War near Wolmaranstad on 24 July 1901, and was subsequently released.

Only 1 Squadron of the 5th Dragoon Guards was present at the Battle of Elandslaagte, 21 October 1899.
Clasps confirmed.