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25 May 2022

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№ 69

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25 May 2022

Hammer Price:
£110

Pair: Private J. Griffiths, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Belfast (7194 Pte J. Griffiths, K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (7194 Pte J. Griffiths K.R.R.C.) generally good very fine (2) £140-£180

John Griffiths was born in London and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Winchester on 26 February 1892, having previously served in the 1st Rifle Brigade. He was transferred to the Reserve on 11 April 1897, but was recalled for service on 15 February 1900 and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War, and on attachment to the 4th Division Staff. Invalided home on 9 March 1902, he transferred back to the Reserve on 23 March 1903, and was discharged on 25 February 1904, after 12 years’ service.

Note: The recipient’s service papers only disclose entitlement to the Belfast clasp, though the medal rolls show additional entitlement to the clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Laing’s Nek; however, there is no indication on the medal that these additional clasps have ever been attached, and the medal appears entirely as issued.