A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (3099 Serjt: J. Cope. S. Staff: Regt.) pawn broker’s mark to edge, nearly extremely fine £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments.

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John Cope was born in Walsall in 1874 and attested for the South Staffordshire Regiment on 16 August 1892. A silver plater by profession, he was posted as Private to the 3rd Battalion and allocated the service number ‘3009’. Transferred to Military Reserve 24 August 1896, he was raised Corporal 3 May 1900 and Sergeant 6 May 1901. His Army Service Record later confirms that he died of enteritis at Wynberg, South Africa, on 28 December 1901.