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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 61

Pair: Warrant Officer Class II R.J. Sly, West Riding Regiment
Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, four clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (4216 Serjt: R.J. Sly. W. Riding Regt.); King´s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (4216 Serjt: R. Sly. W. Riding Regt.), edge bruising, light contact marks, nearly very fine (2)

4216 Warrant Officer Class II Robert James Sly, born Portsmouth, 1870; enlisted in the West Riding Regiment, July 1894; promoted Corporal, September 1895; Sergeant, September 1899; served with the Regiment in South Africa, December 1899 to October 1902; promoted Quarter Master Sergeant, 25.1.1907; served during the Great War in India; promoted Warrant Officer Class II, 29.1.1915; discharged 30.3.1920, after 25 years and 257 days with the Colours.

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