Pair: Lance-Corporal F. B. Starkey, 12th Royal Lancers

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast, first four clasps tailor’s copies, last with top retaining rod (3498. Pte. F. B. Starkey. 12/R. Lrs.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (3498 Corpl: F. B. Starkey. 12th Lancers.) good very fine (2) £140-180

Frank Burdett Starkey was born in York in 1873 and attested there for the 12th Lancers on 28 April 1892, having previously served with the 1st (Volunteer) Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 28 April 1899, but was recalled to the Colours on 9 October 1899, and served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War from 22 October 1899 until 30 August 1902. Appointed Lance-Corporal on 24 April 1901, he re-transferred to the Army Reserve on 10 June 1903, and was discharged on 27 April 1894, after 12 years’ service.

Note: The recipient’s service papers list that the recipient was entitled to the clasps ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Orange Free State’ and ‘Transvaal’ only for his Q.S.A., in addition to the K.S.A.; the Medal Roll for the Queen’s South Africa Medal initially confirms this, but with the later notation that the Transvaal clasp has been disallowed ‘and recovered’, and that the recipient is instead entitled to the Belfast clasp.