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

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6086 Dmr: A. Swinscoe. York: Regt) pawnbroker’s mark to obverse, good very fine £60-80

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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Alfred Swinscoe was born in Sheffield, and attested the Yorkshire Regiment at Leicester, in July 1899. A Musician by trade, he served as a Drummer, aged 15 years and 9 months, with the 1st Battalion during the Second Boer War. He was discharged ‘Medically Unfit’ 31 July 1902, having served 3 years and 7 days with the Colours.