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Three: Bandsman T. Cole, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (4178 Pte. T. Cole. Derby: Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4178 Pte. T. Cole. Notts: & Derby: Regt); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4178 Bndsman: T. Cole. Notts: & Derby: Regt) generally very fine (3) £220-£260
Thomas Cole was born in Burma in December 1877, and attested for the Derbyshire Regiment on 2 June 1893, serving with them in South Africa during the Boer War from 21 November 1899 to 7 September 1902. In April 1903 he joined the 2nd Battalion Band and was later discharged on 1 June 1914. He died in Sheffield in 1952.
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