Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (5682. Pte. P. Delaney. 1/Oxfd. L:I.) engraved naming, good very fine £120-£160

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Patrick Delaney was born at Cape Town, South Africa, in 1877 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Reading on 3 June 1898, stating his occupation to be an engine driver. Shortly after attesting he deserted in August 1898, re-joining over a year later, on 23 September 1899. He was tried by District Court Martial and sentenced to 28 days in Military Prison, all prior service being forfeited. His sentence may have been reduced as his battalion was in preparation for embarkation for South Africa. He did serve in South Africa during the Boer War but is recorded as having been accidentally injured, and he died of his wounds at Krugersdorp on 23 June 1901. He is commemorated on the Oxfordshire Light Infantry Boer War Memorial at Abingdon.