A Small Collection of Medals relating to the Disaster at Lindley on 31 May 1900

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, South Africa 1902, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (9661 Cpl. A. Gray, 45th Coy. Imp. Yeo.) clasps mounted in that order, rank and initial officially corrected, good very fine £160-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals relating to the Disaster at Lindley on 31 May 1900.

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Arthur E. Gray attested for the Imperial Yeomanry at Newbridge on 6 January 1900, aged 24 years. Serving as a Corporal with the 45th (Irish Hunt) Company 13th Battalion Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa, 13 March 1900-2 January 1901, he was taken prisoner at Lindley, 30 May 1900 but later released. He was discharged at his own request on 21 January 1901. With copied service notes.