Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (3804 Pte. G. Thatcher, 2nd Wilts. Regt.) some contact marks, very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to the Wiltshire Regiment.

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Private George Thatcher, 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment, died of enteric fever at Naauwpoort on 26 March 1900. His name is commemorated on the Boer War Memorial, Salisbury Cathedral. He was the son of Albert and Annie Thatcher, of Little Chalfield, Bradford-on-Avon. With copied roll extract and other research.