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

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein (2583 Pte. W. Quaintrill, Yorkshire Regt) minor edge bruising, good very fine £70-90

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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William Quaintrill was born in Greenwich, Kent, and attested for the Yorkshire Regiment at Hounslow, in April 1888. He served with the Regiment during the Second Boer War, 24 November 1899 - 24 July 1900. He was discharged 23 April 1901, having served 13 years with the Colours. In later life he was an Engine Cleaner with L.N.E.R., and died in Darlington in November 1945.