Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (9675 Cpl. R. Stewart, 45th Coy. Impl. Yeo.) last clasp loose, good very fine £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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Robert Thomas Bentley Stewart served in the Matabele campaign of 1896 with the Rhodesia Horse. Later serving with the 45th Company 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry he was taken prisoner at Lindley, 31 May 1900 but later released. He was discharged on 30 May 1901. With some copied service notes.