Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (10420 Pte P. J. Foley. 57th Coy Imp: Yeo:) very fine £70-£90

Patrick James Foley, a Commercial Traveller, attested for the Imperial Yeomanry for service during the Second Boer War. He served in South Africa with the 57th (Buckinghamshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry, before re-enlisting in London on 8 October 1901. He was discharged at his own request, in Elandsfontein, on 3 August 1902 to accept civilian employment in Johannesburg. He is additionally entitled to the Wittebergen clasp and a King’s South Africa Medal with the usual two date clasps.