Medals to Trumpeters from the Collection of Roderick Cassidy

Pair: Trumpeter W. Gadenne, 2nd Dragoons

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (3405 Tptr., 2nd Dragoons); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3405 Tptr., 2nd Drgns.), this last with possible official correction to surname, contact wear, edge bruising and somewhat polished, good fine or better (2) £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to Trumpeters from the Collection of Roderick Cassidy.

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William Gadenne was born at Islington, London and enlisted in ther 2nd Dragoons in November 1889, aged 14 years. Appointed a Bandsman in June 1893 and a Trumpeter in November 1896, he witnessed active service out in South Africa from November 1899 until the end of hostilities, and was discharged to the Army Reserve shortly thereafter.