Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part III)

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (356 Pte. Pte. H. Gaul, Impl. Lt. Infy.) edge bruise, slight contact marks, very fine £180-220

356 Private H. Gaul (Gault in published casualty roll), Imperial Light Infantry, was posted missing in action at Spion Kop on 24 January 1900 and was later found to have been taken prisoner. He remained a prisoner of the Boers in Pretoria until he was released on 6 June 1900.