Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (4709 Tpr. F. Dale, 50th Coy. 17th Impl. Yeo.) good very fine £220-260

Frank Dale was born in Christchurch, Hampshire. A Fish Merchant by occupation, and a member of the Hampshire Yeomanry, he attested for short service at Winchester on 22 January 1900, aged 25 years, 2 months. Served with the 50th (Hampshire) Company 17th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, April 1900-June 1901. Discharged on 15 June 1901. With copied service papers. Approximately 85 ‘Rhodesia’ clasps to the Hampshire Yeomanry.