Medals from the Collection of Gordon Everson

British South Africa Company Medal 1890-97, reverse Matabeleland 1893 (1824 Pte. C. Knott, 2nd W. Rid. Regt.) a few edge nicks, otherwise very fine £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Gordon Everson.

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Charles Knott was born at Ash, near Aldershot, Hampshire, and enlisted for the West Riding Regiment at Aldershot on 23 February 1886, aged 18 years 5 months. He served in South Africa from April 1893 and volunteered to the Bechuanaland Border Police for temporary service during the Matabele Campaign, with the Mounted Infantry, from 18 October 1893 until 21 March 1894. He was transferred to the Army Reserve in May 1894, found medically unfit on mobilization for service in South Africa in January 1900, and was finally discharged on 15 April 1902. 54 medals were issued to the West Riding Regiment for the Matabele campaign of 1893.