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19 April 2023

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№ 418

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19 April 2023

Hammer Price:
£150

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4292 Trpt. G. Walker, 2nd Dragoons) suspension a little slack, edge nicks, nearly very fine £80-£100

Cassidy Collection of Medals to Trumpeters, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2004.

Garnet Charles Walker was born in Hounslow, London and enlisted in the Royal Scots Greys in June 1896, aged 14 years. Appointed a Bandsman in March 1898 and a Trumpeter in February 1900, he served in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 September 1900 and 3 April 1901. He was later appointed a Lance-Corporal but reverted to the rank of Bandsman and was discharged on 10 May 1908.

Sold with copied record of service, medal roll extract, and other research.