Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (23207 Pte. E. J. Prout. 48th. Coy. Imp: Yeo:) scratches to obverse field, otherwise nearly extremely fine £80-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Queen’s South Africa Medals to the Imperial Yeomanry.

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Ernest James Prout was born in Caversham, Oxfordshire, in 1880 and attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Reading, Berkshire, on 25 January 1901. He served with the 48th (North Somerset) Company, 7th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa during the Boer War from 11 February 1901 to 4 August 1902, and was discharged at Aldershot on 11 August 1902, after 1 year and 199 days’ service.