Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (25692 Sapr. L. Coyle. R.E.) engraved naming, edge bruise, very fine £100-£140

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward De Santis.

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Lennard Coyle was born in Bermondsey, Surrey, in 1867 and attested for the Royal Engineers on 21 April 1891. He served with the 37th Field Company in South Africa during the Boer War from 23 December 1899 to 1 September 1902 (also entitled to a King’s South Africa Medal with the usual two date clasps), and was discharged on 27 January 1904, after 12 years and 282 days’ service.