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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 164

(x) Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (78674 Dvr: P. Duffy, 7th Bty., R.F.A.), contact wear, very fine

Patrick Duffy was born at St. Patricks, Edinburgh in 1871. Enlisting with the Royal Artillery in 1890 he served during the Second Boer War with No. 7 Battery, Royal Field Artillery. He was wounded in action on 24 January 1900 while the battery was engaged at Spion Kop, surviving this Duffy went on to served during the guerrilla phase of the war. However he is listed on the medal roll as dying of pneumonia on 17 September 1900; sold together with copied medal rolls and an extract from the Natal Field Force casualty roll.

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Sold for
£220

Starting price
£120