Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2224 Pte. J. Mc.Guire, Rl: Lanc: Regt.) minor edge bruise, good very fine £70-£90

John Maguire was born in Lancaster in 1848 and attested there for the 4th (Militia) Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment on 3 June 1889. He served with the Regiment in South Africa during the Boer War, and was invalided home on the S.S. Pavonia on 8 June 1900. He was discharged, time expired, on 2 June 1901, after 12 years’ service.

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