A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (2845 Pte. G. Towries, Yorkshire Regt.) good very fine £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the West Yorkshire (14th Foot) and Yorkshire (19th Foot) Regiments.

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George Towries was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, and served with the 3rd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment during the Second Boer War. He died of disease at Cradock, 7 May 1900.