A Small Collection of Medals relating to the Disaster at Lindley on 31 May 1900

Three: Trooper E. R. Walker, 47th Company 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (14190 Tpr.,E. R. Walker, 47th Coy. 13th Impl. Yeo.); British War Medal 1914-20 (E. R. Walker.); Defence Medal, unnamed, good very fine (3) £160-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals relating to the Disaster at Lindley on 31 May 1900.

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E. R. Waker, an Architect by occupation, served in the 47th Company 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, 1 March-17 October 1900. Was taken prisoner at Lindley on 31 May 1900. He was one of the ‘special’ prisoners that was sent along with the officers to a prison camp at Barberton, being released in September 1900. With some copied research.