A Collection of Queen’s South Africa Medals for the Defence of Kimberley, Ladysmith and Mafeking

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (4840 Pte. W. Hawksey. Liverpool Regt.) very fine £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Queen’s South Africa Medals for the Defence of Kimberley, Ladysmith and Mafeking.

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W. Hawksey attested for the King’s Liverpool Regiment, and served with the 1st Battalion, as part of the 19th Mounted Infantry in South Africa during the Boer War. He was slightly wounded at Lydenburg on 9 December 1901.