Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Major G. M. Yunge-Bateman, Royal Field Artillery

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Transvaal (Major G. M. Yunge-Bateman, R.F.A.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Maj. G. M. Yunge-Bateman. R.F.A.) engraved naming, very fine (2) £300-£400

George Marcus Yunge-Bateman was born in 1862 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery in 1883, being advanced Major in 1899. He served with distinction during the Boer War, being Mentioned in Despatches in September 1901. He retired with the rank of Major in 1907, and died in Folkestone in February 1934.