Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Mafeking, Orange Free State, Transvaal (76122 Dvr: W. Instone, M’ Bty: R.H.A.) vertical scratches to Monarch’s profile, otherwise very fine £200-£240

William Instone was born in Birmingham in 1871. A groom by profession, he attested at Woolwich for the Royal Artillery on 13 December 1889, serving with “M” Battery in India for 6 years and South Africa from 17 February 1900 to 28 October 1901. This unit was the only Royal Horse Artillery Battery to take part in the Relief of Mafeking, and then only two sections of the Battery, accounting for just 59 men.

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