The Jack Russell Collection of Medals to the Gloucestershire Regiment

Pair: Lance-Corporal F. Leach, Gloucestershire Regiment, who was wounded at Rietfontein on 25 October 1899

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Tugela Heights, unofficial rivets between third and fourth clasps (3926 Pte. F. Leach, Glouc: Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3926 L. Cpl. F. Leach. Glouc: Regt.) edge bruising to QSA, very fine and a rare clasp combination to the Regiment (2) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Russell Collection of Medals to the Gloucestershire Regiment.

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Only 51 Relief of Ladysmith clasps and only 23 Tugela Heights clasps awarded to the Gloucestershire Regiment, of whom only 22 men received both. Leach’s medal is one of only 4 Queen’s South Africa Medals to the Gloucestershire Regiment with this exact clasp combination.

Frank Leach was born in Bristol in 1873 and attested for the Gloucestershire Regiment at Bristol on 6 April 1893. He served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 24 September 1899 to 23 August 1900, and was slightly wounded at Rietfontien on 25 October 1899. He was discharged on 14 June 1911, after 18 years and 70 days’ service.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extract, the Tugela Heights clasps added in a later hand.