Auction Catalogue

25 March 1997

Starting at 2:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 536

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25 March 1997

Hammer Price:
£150

Five: Private J. Conroy, King’s Own Scottish Borderers
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (3548 Pte., K.O. Scot. Bord.); King’s South Africa, 2 clasps (3548 Pte., K.O. Scot. Bord.); 1914 Star Trio (8723 Pte., K.O. Sco. Bord.) contact marks, therefore very fine (5)

Private John Conroy was born in Hawick, Roxburgh, and enlisted at Selkirk. He was killed in action while serving with the 1st Battalion on 14 April 1917, and is buried in Wancourt British Cemetery, France.