Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (3726 Pte. H. White, 1 Leic. Regt.) good very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Leicester Regiment and Yeomanry formed by the late Trevor Harris.

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Harry White was born in Leicester and enlisted in the Leicestershire Regiment in March 1893, aged 20 years, but was released in July of the following year after assorted misdemeanours, among them the use of threatening language. Rejoining his old regiment in May 1898, he returned to his old ways in early 1900 when he was confined ‘for disobeying a lawful command on active service’, and, on being sent home from South Africa, was absent without leave for a week in April 1902. He was transferred to the Army Reserve shortly afterwards and discharged in March 1905. Interestingly, time in confinement aside, his service papers state that he was entitled to the clasps for “Talana”, “Defence of Ladysmith”, “Laing’s Nek” and “Belfast”.