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Sold on 8 December 2016

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A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments

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№ 464

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8 December 2016

Hammer Price:
£200

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, South Africa 1901 (1538 Pte. W. Knowles, Yorkshire Regt) good very fine £160-200

William Knowles was born in Kendal, Westmorland (now Cumbria), and attested for the Yorkshire Regiment at Richmond, Yorkshire, in March 1885. He was discharged 2 March 1897, only to rejoin the 1st Battalion in February 1900. Having served with the Regiment during the Boer War, he was discharged for a second time 11 March 1902. He re-engaged for service for a third time, aged 50, with the Royal Defence Corps and served in the UK, 6 February 1915 - 1 November 1917.