Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Rhodesia, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (12706 Cpl. A. Garner, 71st Coy. 18th Impl: Yeo:) very fine £160-£200

Harry Alfred Garner was born at Brookham, near Leatherhead, Surrey, and enlisted for the Sharpshooter Imperial Yeomanry at Cockspur Street, London, on 12 March 1900, aged 32, a valet by trade with previous service in the Royal Horse Artillery. He served in South Africa with the 71st Company (Sharpshooters), 18th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry, from April 1900 to April 1901. He was discharged at his own request in the rank of Lance-Corporal on 24 April 1901. Sold with copied discharge papers and medal verification.