Orders, Decorations and Medals

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (20150 Pte. E. Evans, 48th Coy. Imp. Yeo.) good very fine £160-200

Ernest Evans was born in the Parish of St. Paul’s, Bath. A Presser by occupation and a member of the 1st Volunteer Battalion Somerset Light Infantry, he attested for one years service in the Imperial Yeomanry at Bath, on 23 January 1901, aged 24 years, 6 months. With the 48th Company, 7th Battalion (North Somerset) Imperial Yeomanry, he served in South Africa, 9 February 1901-4 August 1902. Evans was discharged at Aldershot on 11 August 1902. With copied service papers.